Exploring Autobiographical Memory Specificity in PTSD

描述(由申请者提供)：研究表明，患有创伤后应激障碍的人，就像那些患有严重抑郁症的人一样，在有意提取特定的自传体记忆方面存在困难。过度概括性与较差的结局、减少的解决问题的能力以及在临床样本中想象特定未来事件的能力降低有关，并且可能在维持创伤后应激障碍症状中发挥作用。情绪控制策略，如分离、沉思和回避，与过度一般记忆有关。根据记忆专一性的资源分配模型，参与这些调节策略会减少可用于特定提取的认知资源。这一概念已经被研究人员讨论过，但尚未被系统地研究。因此，本系列中前两项研究的目的是探索情绪调节，特别是情绪抑制对自传体记忆的影响。研究1和研究2专门探索了这样一种假设，即情绪压抑后，过度的一般记忆会增加。研究3探索了过度一般记忆对创伤后应激障碍的影响，特别是研究了记忆扭曲的易感性增加，这是一个关键的研究领域。对一般记忆的研究可能有助于开发更有效的干预措施，并有助于我们理解创伤后应激障碍患者的自传体记忆过程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research suggests that individuals with PTSD, like those with major depression, have difficulty intentionally retrieving specific autobiographical memories. Over generality is associated with poorer outcome, diminished problem-solving skills, and decreased ability to imagine specific future events in clinical samples, and may play a role in the maintenance of PTSD symptoms. Affect control strategies such as dissociation, rumination, and avoidance have been associated with over general memory. According to a resource allocation model of memory specificity, engaging in these regulation strategies diminishes cognitive resources available for specific retrieval. This notion has been discussed by researchers but has not yet been systematically investigated. Accordingly, the aim of the first two studies in the proposed series is to explore the impact emotion regulation, in particular emotional suppression, on autobiographical memory. Studies 1 and 2 specifically explore the hypothesis that over general memory increases following emotional suppression. Study 3 explores the implications of over general memory in PTSD, specifically examining increased susceptibility to memory distortion, a crucial area of inquiry. Investigating over general memory may contribute to developing more effective interventions and to our understanding of autobiographical memory processes in individuals with PTSD.