Exploring self-defining memories in schizophrenia.

Adult; Case-Control Studies; Emotions/physiology; Female; Humans; Life Change Events; Male; Memory/physiology; Middle Aged; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Schizophrenia/physiopathology; Schizophrenic Psychology; Self Concept

Abstract :

[en] Previous studies have shown that patients with schizophrenia are impaired in recalling specific events from their personal past. However, the relationship between autobiographical memory impairments and disturbance of the sense of identity in schizophrenia has not been investigated in detail. In this study the authors investigated schizophrenic patients' ability to recall self-defining memories; that is, memories that play an important role in building and maintaining the self-concept. Results showed that patients recalled as many specific self-defining memories as healthy participants. However, patients with schizophrenia exhibited an abnormal reminiscence bump and reported different types of thematic content (i.e., they recalled less memories about past achievements and more memories regarding hospitalisation and stigmatisation of illness). Furthermore, the findings suggest that impairments in extracting meaning from personal memories could represent a core disturbance of autobiographical memory in patients with schizophrenia.

Disciplines :

Theoretical & cognitive psychology

Author, co-author :

Raffard, Stephane

D'Argembeau, Arnaud ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive

Lardi, Claudia

Bayard, Sophie

Boulenger, Jean-Philippe

Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive

Language :

English

Title :

Exploring self-defining memories in schizophrenia.

Publication date :

2009

Journal title :

Memory

ISSN :

0965-8211

eISSN :

1464-0686

Publisher :

Taylor & Francis Ltd, Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

26-38

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