Individual-level values play a role in cultural group differences in autobiographical memory. The current study (N = 192) used a Caribbean sample to examine whether individual-level values (self-transcendence, self-enhancement, conservation) were a mediator or moderator of ethnic group differences (Afro-, Indo-, and Mixed-Trinidadian) in the characteristics (emotional intensity, vividness, thinking and talking about the memory) of positive autobiographical memories. Values were not a mediator, but were a moderator. At high levels of conservation or self-transcendence values, Indo-Trinidadians had autobiographical memories that were more emotionally intense, vivid, and thought and talked about compared to Afro-Trinidadians. Mixed-Trinidadians had autobiographical memories that were more emotionally intense than the other ethnic groups, in general, and more often talked about when self-enhancement values were low. The discussion proposes that the alignment of individual-level values with cultural-group expectations matters for autobiographical remembering, suggests that sociohistorical circumstance may play a role, and addresses the study limitations.

个人水平的价值观在自传体记忆中的文化群体差异中发挥着作用。目前的研究（N= 192）使用加勒比海地区的样本来检验个人水平的价值观（自我超越，自我增强，保守）是否是特征中种族差异（非洲，印度和特立尼达和多巴哥人）的中介者或调节者（积极的自传式记忆的情感强度，生动度，思考和谈论记忆。价值观不是调解人，而是主持人。在高水平的守恒或自我超越的价值观下，与非洲裔特立尼达人相比，印度裔特立尼达人拥有的自传式记忆在情感上更加活跃，生动，思想和谈论。总的来说，混合的特立尼达人拥有比其他种族更加强烈的自传式回忆，并且在自我提升的价值较低时经常被谈论。