Lydia Grace
A dysphoric's TALE: The relationship between the self-reported functions of autobiographical memory and symptoms of depression
Grace, Lydia; Dewhurst, Stephen A.; Anderson, Rachel J.
Authors
Professor Stephen Dewhurst S.Dewhurst@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Cognitive Psychology
Dr Rachel Anderson Rachel.Anderson@hull.ac.uk
Reader/Graduate Research Director
Abstract
Autobiographical memory (AM) is believed to serve self, social and directive functions; however, little is known regarding how this triad of functions operates in depression. Using the Thinking About Life Experiences questionnaire [Bluck, S., & Alea, N. (2011). Crafting the TALE: Construction of a measure to assess the functions of autobiographical remembering. Memory, 19, 470–486.; Bluck, S., Alea, N., Habermas, T., & Rubin, D. C. (2005). A TALE of three functions: The self–reported uses of autobiographical memory. Social Cognition, 23, 91–117.], two studies explored the relationship between depressive symptomology and the self-reported frequency and usefulness of AMs for self, social and directive purposes. Study 1 revealed that thinking more frequently but talking less frequently about past life events was significantly associated with higher depression scores. Recalling past events more frequently to maintain self-continuity was also significantly associated with higher depressive symptomology. However, results from Study 2 indicated that higher levels of depression were also significantly associated with less-frequent useful recollections of past life events for self-continuity purposes. Taken together, the findings suggest atypical utilisations of AM to serve self-continuity functions in depression and can be interpreted within the wider context of ruminative thought processes.
Citation
Grace, L., Dewhurst, S. A., & Anderson, R. J. (2016). A dysphoric's TALE: The relationship between the self-reported functions of autobiographical memory and symptoms of depression. Memory, 24(9), 1173-1181. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2015.1084009
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 13, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 15, 2015 |
Publication Date | Oct 20, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Nov 4, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Memory |
Print ISSN | 0965-8211 |
Electronic ISSN | 1464-0686 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 24 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 1173-1181 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2015.1084009 |
Keywords | Depression; Self-continuity; Directive; Social; Usefulness; Reminiscence |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/380862 |
Publisher URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09658211.2015.1084009 |
Additional Information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Memory on 15/09/2015, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09658211.2015.1084009 |
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