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Autobiographical memory for stressful events: the role of autobiographical memory in posttraumatic stress disorder.

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2011-09
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Rubin, David C
Dennis, Michelle F
Beckham, Jean C
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Abstract
To provide the three-way comparisons needed to test existing theories, we compared (1) most-stressful memories to other memories and (2) involuntary to voluntary memories (3) in 75 community dwelling adults with and 42 without a current diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Each rated their three most-stressful, three most-positive, seven most-important and 15 word-cued autobiographical memories, and completed tests of personality and mood. Involuntary memories were then recorded and rated as they occurred for 2 weeks. Standard mechanisms of cognition and affect applied to extreme events accounted for the properties of stressful memories. Involuntary memories had greater emotional intensity than voluntary memories, but were not more frequently related to traumatic events. The emotional intensity, rehearsal, and centrality to the life story of both voluntary and involuntary memories, rather than incoherence of voluntary traumatic memories and enhanced availability of involuntary traumatic memories, were the properties of autobiographical memories associated with PTSD.
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Journal article
Subject
Case-Control Studies
Cues
Female
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Memory, Episodic
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Personality Inventory
Psychological Tests
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Surveys and Questionnaires
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9774
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10.1016/j.concog.2011.03.015
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Rubin, David C; Dennis, Michelle F; & Beckham, Jean C (2011). Autobiographical memory for stressful events: the role of autobiographical memory in posttraumatic stress disorder. Conscious Cogn, 20(3). pp. 840-856. 10.1016/j.concog.2011.03.015. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9774.
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Beckham

Jean Crowell Beckham

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Interest in assessment and treatment of trauma, particularly as occurs for both women and men during military service; focus in treatment outcome of differential and collective contribution for psychopharmacological and behavioral interventions in PTSD populations; long term physical health effects of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.
Rubin

David C. Rubin

Juanita M. Kreps Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
For .pdfs of all publications click here  My main research interest has been in long-term memory, especially for complex (or "real-world") stimuli. This work includes the study of autobiographical memory and oral traditions, as w
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