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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2023
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Carmen R. Merrick

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Researcher

Also affiliated: Conway School of Landscape Design (2023)

Unknown Researcher

3 h-index 3 pubs 37 cited

  • Memory, Episodic
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Motivation
  • Adult
  • Mental Recall
  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Research Design
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Young Adult

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Carmen R. Merrick's research focuses on the relationship between autobiographical memories and identity strength across different adult developmental stages. Merrick's work investigates how specific memories serve as a resource for maintaining a robust sense of self, particularly differentiating between mature adults and those in emerging adulthood. This research explores the psychological adaptation involved in integrating past experiences into one's present identity. Merrick has published three scholarly works, accumulating 35 citations and an h-index of 3. Merrick collaborates with Denise R. Beike of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville on shared publications, indicating a network within the field of psychology. The research is designed for adult and adolescent participants.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 3
  • Citations: 37

Selected Publications

  • Specific autobiographical memories are a resource for identity strength among mature but not emerging adults (2023)
    Memory 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Use, Adaptivity, and Need Fulfillment: A Methodological Critique of Tests of the Functions of Autobiographical Memory (2019)
    Psychological Reports 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Sharing specific “We” autobiographical memories in close relationships: the role of contact frequency (2017)
    Memory 18 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

2 Collaborators 2 Institutions 1 Country

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