Psychology Department, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, USA.
Appetite. 2010 Oct;55(2):359-62. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.06.001. Epub 2010 Jun 9.
Autobiographical memories are personal experiences that we store across our life-span. A reduced ability to retrieve specific autobiographical experiences has been reported for a number of clinical populations. Previous research has found that the size of the memory specificity effect can predict disorder occurrence, severity, and treatment success. The current research examined whether a similar relationship could be found between memory specificity and restrained eating in a female college student population. Participants retrieved autobiographical memories that related to cue-words associated with dieting and body image. Individual differences in restrained eating were measured with the Restraint Scale (RS). Participants who scored higher on the concern-with-dieting sub-scale of the RS retrieved fewer specific autobiographical memories regardless of their current dieting activity. The memory specificity effect has the potential to serve as a predictor of eating disorder occurrence and treatment success, and may also assist with the development of interventions targeting such disorders.
自传体记忆是我们在整个生命周期中存储的个人经历。一些临床群体报告称，他们检索特定自传体经验的能力有所下降。先前的研究发现，记忆特异性效应的大小可以预测疾病的发生、严重程度和治疗效果。本研究在女性大学生群体中，检验了记忆特异性与节食之间是否存在类似的关系。参与者检索与节食和身体意象相关的提示词有关的自传体记忆。用节食量表（RS）来衡量节食的个体差异。在 RS 的节食关注子量表上得分较高的参与者，无论他们目前是否节食，都能回忆起更少的特定自传体记忆。记忆特异性效应有可能成为预测饮食障碍发生和治疗成功的指标，也可能有助于针对此类障碍的干预措施的发展。
