Ikeda Kazuhiro, Nihei Yoshiaki
Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576, Japan.
Shinrigaku Kenkyu. 2009 Feb;79(6):481-9. doi: 10.4992/jjpsy.79.481.
This study examined the effects of biased retelling by having participants retell negative experiences as positive autobiographical memories. Undergraduates in the biased-retelling condition (N = 21) retold their experiences preparing for university entrance examinations as "happy", while undergraduates in the recalling (control) condition (N = 23) again narrated their actual experiences. Then both groups were asked to recall their initial experience. Their initial memories were compared to those after the biased retellings or repeated narrations. In the recall of the autobiographical memories after the biased retellings, the results showed significantly increased positive emotional words and decreased negative emotional words. The emotional values of the central and peripheral concepts of the harsh experiences changed in the direction of "happy" in the biased retelling condition compared to the repeated recalling condition. Furthermore, the changes in the emotional values were more prominent in the central concepts of undergraduates' experiences.
本研究通过让参与者将负面经历复述为积极的自传体记忆，来考察有偏差复述的影响。处于有偏差复述条件下的本科生（N = 21）将他们准备大学入学考试的经历复述为“开心的”，而处于回忆（对照）条件下的本科生（N = 23）再次叙述他们的实际经历。然后两组都被要求回忆他们最初的经历。将他们最初的记忆与有偏差复述或重复叙述后的记忆进行比较。在有偏差复述后的自传体记忆回忆中，结果显示积极情绪词汇显著增加，消极情绪词汇减少。与重复回忆条件相比，在有偏差复述条件下，严苛经历的核心和边缘概念的情感价值朝着“开心”的方向变化。此外，情感价值的变化在本科生经历的核心概念中更为显著。
