Brazilian Life Scripts: Reminiscence Bump Location and Characteristics of Life Events

Felinto, Tuíla Maciel; Rocha, Giulia Bodanese; Ávila-Souza, Juliana; Gauer, Gustavo

doi:10.1590/1982-3703003239089

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Artigo • Psicol. cienc. prof. 42 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-3703003239089 copy

Brazilian Life Scripts: Reminiscence Bump Location and Characteristics of Life Events

Roteiro de Vida Brasileiro: Localização do Reminiscence Bump e Características dos Eventos de Vida

Guiones de Vida de Brasileños: Localización del Reminiscence Bump y Características de los Eventos de la Vida

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

The life script construct refers to the semantic knowledge shared by individuals from a given culture and reflects the expectations about when specific events are supposed to happen. This study aimed to identify whether a life script for Brazilian culture and its characteristics exists. Three hundred and eighty-four participants reported the seven most important events in the life of a hypothetical newborn of their same gender and culture. For each event, they informed an estimate of age and levels of importance, prevalence, and valence. Our results showed that most of the events cited were considered positive and expected to happen before age 30. The ages from 15 to 30 had the most positive events (51.9%). Events before age 15 were rated as more prevalent and important. The results are discussed as representations of lifetime development benchmarks within the Brazilian population and compared to other countries’ data on life scripts.

Keywords:
Autobiographical memory; Life scripts; Reminiscence bump

		Prevalence		Importance		Age at event		Valence
Event	Sum	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Marriage	203	70.76	16.44	5.01	1.33	27.22	2.91	1.44	1.13
Have children	200	72.58	16.82	5.69	1.33	29.53	7.41	1.87	1.17
Begin school	154	85.58	13.76	6.43	0.93	5.22	1.95	2.49	1.02
University	149	52.42	20.1	6.21	0.95	18.74	1.68	2.54	0.82
College graduation	111	46.77	21.32	6.05	0.99	24.04	2.43	2.61	0.78
Go to school	109	81.33	15.88	6.69	0.66	6.28	4.13	2.8	0.52
Get a job/working	100	87.57	15.51	6.34	0.87	20.71	4.97	2.25	1.1
First job	96	88.95	14.58	6.23	1.06	19.4	2.74	2.15	1.03
Begin talking	95	94.35	7.36	6.66	0.69	1.68	1.01	2.8	0.65
Romantic relationships/dating	86	88.72	15.79	5.55	1.23	14.95	4.53	1.86	1.02
Retirement	81	74.90	19.43	5.74	1.05	63.58	5.73	1.59	1.19
Begin walking	81	94.63	9.38	6.64	0.8	1.77	2.91	2.79	0.68
Learning/development	74	89.26	18.44	6.7	0.68	7.53	11.26	2.84	0.5
Have friends	72	87.72	16.76	6.51	0.79	8.4	6.79	2.64	0.78
Start a family	51	76.31	18.23	6.14	0.96	28.06	9.32	2.49	0.76
Finish high school	50	68.46	17	6.34	0.96	17.56	1.64	2.52	0.84
Own death	45	94.36	17.59	5.84	1.67	77.2	14.22	-0.11	2.23
Learn how to read and write	45	81.91	14.08	6.76	0.8	6.31	0.93	2.91	0.47
First sexual experience	40	94.38	10.91	5.83	1.24	15.95	2.05	1.68	1.33
Have a career	39	46.67	24.27	6.33	0.87	32.08	7.23	2.67	0.66
Pass admission exams	39	54.08	21.98	6.05	0.89	17.82	1.05	2.23	1.04
Birthday/special occasions	39	78.64	24.73	4.64	1.5	15.82	20.42	1.74	1.16
Puberty	38	93.47	11.95	6.18	0.93	13.26	2.96	1.58	1.55
Get old	38	71.03	25.87	6.37	0.75	64.05	9.85	1.55	1.81
Family relationships	38	82.05	17.53	6.63	0.71	12.84	24.17	2.45	1.35
Choose a career	37	66.7	27.19	6.57	0.65	18.86	3.68	2.22	1.16
Long trip	36	45.81	26.79	5.28	1.41	23.78	10.92	2.5	0.74
Fall in love	30	90.27	13.57	5.73	1.26	15.23	7.07	1.9	1.32
Other’s death	29	95.79	10.89	6.28	1	29	22.33	-1.76	1.83
Own birth	27	94.07	14.68	6.67	0.78	1.63	6.28	2.44	0.97
Financial/personal independence	27	70.33	20.08	6.22	1.01	22.85	6.97	2.52	0.8
Parents’ death	24	95.29	6.67	6.38	0.97	49.46	11.65	-2.5	1.29
First kiss	24	94.96	12.69	5.17	1.13	12.96	1.55	1.63	1.01
Grandchildren	22	65.91	19.8	5.45	1.34	60.64	12.13	2	1.11
Buy a house	21	55.48	18.09	5.33	1.32	33.38	5.57	2.43	0.81
Kindergarten	18	77.44	18.42	6	1.33	4.17	3.84	2.28	1.07
Self-evaluation	17	63.53	31.19	6.29	1.61	38.53	19.05	2.18	1.67
Others	303

	Cases	Sum of Squares	df	Mean Square	F	p
Valence	groups	131.3	2	65.656	59.32	<.001
	Residual	1158.9	1047	1.107
Importance	groups	43.49	2	21.743	23.42	<.001
	Residual	972.01	1047	0.928
Prevalence	groups	142.3	2	71.161	78.02	<.001
	Residual	955	1047	0.912

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