The Relationship between Autobiographical Self-Focus and Memory Specificity/OvergeneralityDifferences between Individuals with and without a Diagnosis of Depression

  1. Michael Bender 1
  2. María Carrera 1
  3. Itziar Alonso-Arbiol 2
  1. 1 Tilburg University
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    Tilburg University

    Tilburgo, Holanda

    ROR https://ror.org/04b8v1s79

  2. 2 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

Revista:
Acción psicológica

ISSN: 1578-908X

Año de publicación: 2015

Volumen: 12

Número: 2

Páginas: 109-122

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5944/AP.12.2.15783 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Acción psicológica

Resumen

La investigación ha revelado que la depresión clínica está relacionada con una menor especificidad y/o sobregeneralización en la memoria autobiográfica. Nuestro objetivo consistió en estudiar dicha relación comparando personas deprimidas (n = 40) y no deprimidas (n = 40) no solo en términos de especificidad/generalidad de la memoria autobiográfica, sino también con respecto a la estructura narrativa. Se evaluó la especificidad con el Test de Memoria Autobiográfica (AMT; Williams & Broadbent, 1986). Los participantes también proporcionaron recuerdos en formato abierto, los cuales se analizaron en términos de complejidad cognitiva autobiográfica (Woike, 1994). La diferenciación narrativa, como un indicador de auto-focus, se relacionó negativamente con la especificidad y positivamente con la sobregeneralización de recuerdos autobiográficos negativos, pero solamente en la muestra de deprimidos; las asociaciones fueron significativamente diferentes entre personas no deprimidas. Se discuten los resultados en el contexto de la relación entre especificidad/sobregeneralización y auto-focus.

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