When and why does abuse predict reduced autobiographical memory specificity?
When and why does abuse predict reduced autobiographical memory specificity?
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DOI：
10.1080/09658211.2011.648197
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Greenhoot, Andrea Follmer
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作者：
Bunnell, Sarah L.;Greenhoot, Andrea Follmer
我们进行了两项研究，以探讨引起虐待受害者自传式记忆问题的条件及其背后的机制。在研究1中，有或没有自述虐待史的年龄较大的青少年（n = 80）完成了修改版的自传式记忆测试（AMT-U）；参与者有无限的时间来提供特定的记忆来回应提示词。参与者还完成了抑郁和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）、工作记忆和注意力偏差的测量。本研究发现，滥用严重程度和PTSD症状与AMT-U的记忆特异性呈正相关。在研究2中，有或没有自述虐待史的年龄较大的青少年（n = 78）完成了传统（定时）版本的AMT。参与者还完成了工作记忆、注意偏差、自我报告的应对和精神病理症状（即抑郁症和创伤后应激障碍）的测量。在本研究中，观察到相反的关系，即虐待严重程度与较差的记忆特异性相关，但这种关系可以通过脱离参与应对和PTSD症状来解释。这项研究表明，较差的记忆特异性可能代表了回避的一种形式，但回避机制的应用取决于记忆背景。
Two studies were conducted to explore the conditions that elicit autobiographical memory problems in abuse victims and the mechanism that underlie them. In Study 1 older adolescents (n = 80) with and without self-reported abuse histories completed a modified version of the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT-U); participants were given an unlimited amount of time to provide specific memories in response to cue words. Participants also completed measures of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), working memory, and attentional biases. This study found that abuse severity and PTSD symptoms were positively related to memory specificity on the AMT-U. In Study 2 older adolescents (n = 78) with and without self-reported abuse histories completed the traditional (timed) version of the AMT. Participants also completed measures of working memory, attentional biases, self-reported coping, and psychopathological symptoms (i.e., depression and PTSD). In this study the opposite relationship was observed, such that abuse severity was related to poorer memory specificity, but this relationship was explained by disengagement coping and PTSD symptoms. This work suggests that poor memory specificity may represent a form of avoidance, but the application of avoidant mechanisms depends on the remembering context.