Lemogne Cédric, Bergouignan Loretxu, Piolino Pascale, Jouvent Roland, Allilaire Jean-François, Fossati Philippe
CNRS UMR 7593, IFR Neurosciences Pitie-Salpetriere, Department of C-L Psychiatry, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Assistance publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Memory. 2009 Jan;17(1):1-7. doi: 10.1080/09658210802438466. Epub 2008 Oct 31.
Autobiographical memory (AM) specificity is impaired in depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Previous studies emphasised the role of cognitive avoidance of intrusive memories in this impairment. This study aimed to examine the association of cognitive avoidance of intrusive memories with specificity, autonoetic consciousness, and self-perspective. A total of 38 healthy participants were given the revised Impact of Event Scale (IES-R) and an AM task designed to assess positive and negative memories regarding specificity, autonoetic consciousness (remember/know procedure), and self-perspective (field/observer procedure). Taking into account age, verbal IQ, mood, harm avoidance, and executive resources, the IES-R avoidance subscale was negatively correlated with specificity and remember responses for positive memories, and with remember and field responses for negative memories. These findings suggest that cognitive avoidance of intrusive memories is associated with a decrease of the episodic components of AM retrieval.
自传体记忆（AM）特异性在抑郁症和创伤后应激障碍中受损。以往研究强调认知回避侵入性记忆在这种损伤中的作用。本研究旨在考察对侵入性记忆的认知回避与特异性、自我觉知意识和自我视角之间的关联。共有38名健康参与者接受了修订后的事件影响量表（IES-R）以及一项AM任务，该任务旨在评估关于特异性、自我觉知意识（记得/知道程序）和自我视角（现场/观察者程序）的积极和消极记忆。考虑到年龄、言语智商、情绪、伤害回避和执行资源，IES-R回避分量表与积极记忆的特异性和记得反应呈负相关，与消极记忆的记得和现场反应呈负相关。这些发现表明，对侵入性记忆的认知回避与AM检索情节成分的减少有关。
