TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of age, dysphoria, and emotion-focusing on autobiographical memory specificity in children
AU - Drummond, Lyndsey E.
AU - Dritschel, Barbara
AU - Astell, Arlene
AU - O'Carroll, Ronan
AU - Dalgleish, Tim
N1 - Funding Information:
Correspondence should be addressed to Lyndsey Drummond, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, St. Mary's Place, Fife KY16 9JU, UK; e-mail: [email protected] This research was supported by a Research Studentship awarded by Lyndsey Drummond by the University of St. Andrews. Tim Dalgleish is supported by the UK Medical Research Council.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM) is strongly associated with depression in adults and appears to reflect a stable cognitive bias. However, it is not known whether this bias exists in children or what factors contribute to its development. We examined the roles of age, dysphoria, and a new variable, emotion-focusing (EF), on the production of specific autobiographical memory (AM) in children, using the standard Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT; Williams & Broadbent, 1986). Results show that older children are more specific than younger children, irrespective of cue valence. Dysphoria was linked to less specific retrieval of positive memories in children. A three-way interaction between age, valence, and dysphoria was also found, such that older dysphoric children demonstrated a difficulty in retrieving specific negative memories. In addition, emotion-focusing was associated with specific AM recall, especially to negative cues. Results are discussed with reference to the development of depressogenic biases.
AB - Overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM) is strongly associated with depression in adults and appears to reflect a stable cognitive bias. However, it is not known whether this bias exists in children or what factors contribute to its development. We examined the roles of age, dysphoria, and a new variable, emotion-focusing (EF), on the production of specific autobiographical memory (AM) in children, using the standard Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT; Williams & Broadbent, 1986). Results show that older children are more specific than younger children, irrespective of cue valence. Dysphoria was linked to less specific retrieval of positive memories in children. A three-way interaction between age, valence, and dysphoria was also found, such that older dysphoric children demonstrated a difficulty in retrieving specific negative memories. In addition, emotion-focusing was associated with specific AM recall, especially to negative cues. Results are discussed with reference to the development of depressogenic biases.
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U2 - 10.1080/02699930500341342
DO - 10.1080/02699930500341342
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745066898
SN - 0269-9931
VL - 20
SP - 488
EP - 505
JO - Cognition and Emotion
JF - Cognition and Emotion
IS - 3-4
ER -