Effects of self-relevant cues and cue valence on autobiographical memory specificity in dysphoria. Issue 3 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Matsumoto, Noboru; Mochizuki, Satoshi
• Is Part Of: Cognition and emotion. Volume 31:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 607
• Page End: 615
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Autobiographical memory specificity -- overgeneral autobiographical memory -- depression -- capture hypothesis; Cognition -- Periodicals; Emotions and cognition -- Periodicals; 155.413
• DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1129312
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-9931

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Reduced autobiographical memory specificity (rAMS) is a characteristic memory bias observed in depression. To corroborate the capture hypothesis in the CaRFAX (capture and rumination, functional avoidance, executive capacity and control) model, we investigated the effects of self-relevant cues and cue valence on rAMS using an adapted Autobiographical Memory Test conducted with a nonclinical population. Hierarchical linear modelling indicated that the main effects of depression and self-relevant cues elicited rAMS. Moreover, the three-way interaction among valence, self-relevance, and depression scores was significant. A simple slope test revealed that dysphoric participants experienced rAMS in response to highly self-relevant positive cues and low self-relevant negative cues. These results partially supported the capture hypothesis in nonclinical dysphoria. It is important to consider cue valence in future studies examining the capture hypothesis.