What is the Nature of the Self-defining Memories of Repression-prone Individuals?

被引：5

作者：

Lardi, Claudia ^{[1
]}

Ghisletta, Paolo ^{[2
,3
]}

Van der Linden, Martial ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Geneva, Cognit Psychopathol & Neuropsychol Unit, FPSE, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland

[2] Univ Geneva, Methodol & Data Anal Unit, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland

[3] Distance Learning Univ, Sierre, Switzerland

[4] Univ Liege, Cognit Psychopathol Unit, Liege, Belgium

[5] Univ Geneva, Swiss Ctr Affect Sci, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland

来源：

SELF AND IDENTITY | 2012年 / 11卷 / 04期

关键词：

Self-defining memories; Repression; Memory specificity; Memory integration; Affect regulation; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; SHORT-FORM; INACCESSIBILITY; SPECIFICITY; EMOTION; ADULTS; CONSEQUENCES; SUPPRESSION; DIMENSIONS; RESTRAINT;

D O I：

10.1080/15298868.2011.603902

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

The present study investigates the ability to predict various self-defining memory dimensions from individual differences in repressiveness, operationalized by high levels of defensiveness and low levels of trait anxiety. Three self-defining memories from 83 participants (aged between 27 and 43 years) recruited from the general population were analyzed with multilevel models. The main results showed that repression-prone individuals, relative to more adjusted individuals, retrieved more specific self-defining memories and were less likely to extract meanings from their personal memories. Moreover, self-threatening, self-defining memories of repression-prone individuals contained fewer negative emotional words than did those of more adjusted individuals. These results are discussed in light of a recent affect-regulation view of emotional autobiographical memories.

引用

页码：492 / 515

页数：24

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