RT Journal Article
T1 Rumination and specificity of autobiographical memory in dysphoria
A1 Romero, Nuria
A1 Vázquez Valverde, Carmelo José
A1 Sánchez López, Álvaro
AB Low autobiographical memory specificity has been a commonly recurring phenomenon in depression. Difficulty in remembering specific details in autobiographical memory tests has been related to rumination, although the nature of this relation is not clear yet. In the present study, we evaluated differences in overgeneral memory patterns between dysphoric (n = 65) and non-dysphoric participants (n = 74) using a free-recall method that may be more suitable for detecting overgeneral memory patterns than previously used methods. Furthermore, this study examined whether a specific maladaptive component of rumination (i.e., brooding response style) is particularly related to autobiographical memory patterns in depression. Our results showed that dysphoric participants reported less positive specific memories, and more extended and categoric memories than non-dysphoric individuals. Furthermore, correlation analyses showed that the maladaptive component of rumination (i.e., brooding), but not the adaptive component of rumination (i.e., reflection), was specifically associated to the reduced autobiographical memory specificity found in dysphoric participants.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0965-8211
YR 2013
FD 2013-07-16
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98212
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98212
LA eng
NO Romero, N., Vazquez, C., & Sanchez, A. (2014). Rumination and specificity of autobiographical memory in dysphoria. Memory (Hove, England), 22(6), 646–654. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2013.811254
NO Ministry of Research, Science and Innovation
NO Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
DS Docta Complutense
RD 5 abr 2025