Stopa Lusia, Bryant Tess
Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, UK.
Memory. 2004 Jul;12(4):489-95. doi: 10.1080/09658210444000098.
The mental representation of self and observer perspective images are important maintaining factors in cognitive models of social phobia (Clark & Wells, 1995; Rapee & Heimberg, 1997). This study investigates Libby and Eibach's (2002) hypothesis that the observer perspective is used to recall memories that are incongruent with current self-concept. A total of 60 participants (divided into high and low social anxiety groups) completed a questionnaire in which they described current self-concept, recalled four memories of social occasions (two congruent, two incongruent), and rated memory age and vividness. Congruence was defined as memories that "fit" with current self-descriptions. A qualitative analysis of self-concept showed that both groups used a similar range of themes. High socially anxious participants recalled more observer perspective memories in the second incongruent memory. Congruence did not influence vividness, but public self-consciousness did. The implications of the results are discussed and suggestions made for future research.
自我和观察者视角形象的心理表征是社交恐惧症认知模型中的重要维持因素（克拉克和韦尔斯，1995年；拉皮和海姆伯格，1997年）。本研究调查了利比和艾巴赫（2002年）的假设，即观察者视角被用于回忆与当前自我概念不一致的记忆。共有60名参与者（分为高社交焦虑组和低社交焦虑组）完成了一份问卷，在问卷中他们描述了当前的自我概念，回忆了四次社交场合的记忆（两次一致，两次不一致），并对记忆的年代和生动程度进行了评分。一致性被定义为与当前自我描述“相符”的记忆。对自我概念的定性分析表明，两组使用的主题范围相似。高社交焦虑的参与者在第二次不一致的记忆中回忆起更多观察者视角的记忆。一致性没有影响生动程度，但公众自我意识有影响。讨论了研究结果的意义，并对未来研究提出了建议。
