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... > disposition > cognition > memory > long-term memory > declarative memory > autobiographical memory > overgeneral memory

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overgeneral memory  

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  • Autobiographical memories without reference to a specific event. These memories tend to be more common in people with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Synonym(s)

  • memory overgenerality
  • overgeneral autobiographical memory
  • reduced autobiographical memory specificity

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  • • Barry, T. J., Hallford, D. J., & Takano, K. (2021). Autobiographical memory impairments as a transdiagnostic feature of mental illness : A meta-analytic review of investigations into autobiographical memory specificity and overgenerality among people with psychiatric diagnoses. Psychological Bulletin, 47(10), 1054–1074. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000345

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
  • • Barry, T. J., Takano, K., Hallford, D. J., Roberts, J. E., Salmon, K., & Raes, F. (2023). Autobiographical memory and psychopathology: Is memory specificity as important as we make it seem? WIREs Cognitive Science, 14(3), e1624. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1624

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Hallford, D. J., Rusanov, D., Yeow, J. J. E., & Barry, T. J. (2021). Overgeneral and specific autobiographical memory predict the course of depression : An updated meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 51(6), 909 - 926. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721001343

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Ono, M., Devilly, G. J., & Shum, D. H. K. (2016). A meta-analytic review of overgeneral memory : The role of trauma history, mood, and the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 8(2), 157‑164. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000027

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
  • • Preko, T., Edler, K., Behrens, B., & Valentino, K. (2023). A meta-analysis of the influence of cue valence on overgeneral memory and autobiographical memory specificity among youth. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(11), 1683–1698. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01099-0

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
  • • Weiss-Cowie, S., Verhaeghen, P., & Duarte, A. (2023). An updated account of overgeneral autobiographical memory in depression. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 149, 105157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105157

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
  • • Williams, J. M., & Broadbent, K. (1986). Autobiographical memory in suicide attempters. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95(2), 144-149. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.95.2.144

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Williams, J. M. G., Barnhofer, T., Crane, C., Herman, D., Raes, F., Watkins, E., & Dalgleish, T. (2007). Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder. Psychological Bulletin, 133(1), 122-148. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.122

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-JDM901RR-4

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