Burnside Elizabeth, Startup Mike, Byatt Marie, Rollinson Lynn, Hill Jonathan
School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
Br J Clin Psychol. 2004 Nov;43(Pt 4):365-76. doi: 10.1348/0144665042388991.
Overgeneral autobiographical memory (AM) has been associated with episodes of clinical depression in adults and also with reported experience of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). This study investigated whether AM has a role in the development of adult depression in survivors of CSA and whether it is related to circumstances of CSA.
A community sample of women who reported a history of CSA (N = 41) completed the autobiographical memory test and were interviewed about any adult episodes of depression using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Lifetime.
Women who reported episodes of depression recalled fewer categoric memories in response to cue words than those who reported no episodes of depression. Correlations indicated that the number of categoric memories recalled for all cue words was associated with early abuse and greater duration of abuse.
Relationships between AM and the age, and duration of abuse are consistent with previous findings of a relationship between CSA and AM. Categoric AM appears to serve as a defence against distressing memories. However, this suggestion needs to be tested with prospective studies showing whether AM recall style becomes more specific as a result of an episode of depression.
过度概括性自传体记忆（AM）与成年人的临床抑郁发作有关，也与报告的童年性虐待（CSA）经历有关。本研究调查了AM在CSA幸存者成年抑郁症发展中是否起作用，以及它是否与CSA的情况相关。
一个报告有CSA病史的女性社区样本（N = 41）完成了自传体记忆测试，并使用情感障碍和精神分裂症终身量表就任何成年抑郁发作情况接受了访谈。
报告有抑郁发作的女性对提示词回忆出的分类记忆比报告无抑郁发作的女性少。相关性表明，对所有提示词回忆出的分类记忆数量与早期虐待及更长的虐待持续时间有关。
AM与虐待年龄和持续时间之间的关系与先前关于CSA和AM之间关系的研究结果一致。分类性AM似乎起到了抵御痛苦记忆的作用。然而，这一观点需要通过前瞻性研究来验证，即显示抑郁发作后AM回忆方式是否会变得更具体。
