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The effects of suppressing a negative autobiographical memory on concurrent intrusions and subsequent autobiographical recall in dysphoria
Authors:
DALGLEISH, T. & YIEND, J.
Reference:
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115(3), 467-473
Year of publication:
2006
CBU number:
6142
Abstract:
Depressed individuals endeavor to suppress intrusive thoughts and memories as a form of mood control. Two predictions from this literature were examined. First, that attempts to suppress a pre-selected negative memory during a stream-of-consciousness (SOC) task in dysphoric individuals, relative to a no-suppress condition, would lead to relatively speeded access to other negative, but not positive, memories on a subsequent cue-word recall task. No such effects were predicted for non-dysphoric controls. Second, that across all participants asked to suppress memories, higher levels of depressed mood would be associated with more intrusions of the to-be-suppressed memory during the SOC, and that this association would be stronger than the comparable relationship in participants not asked to suppress memories. Results supported both predictions.
