Memories defining the self in Alzheimer's disease.

[en] There is a debate over the extent to which personal identity or the self is preserved in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Autobiographical memory deficits at early stages of AD could contribute to altering patients' self. However, the nature of the relationship between autobiographical memory deficits and the self in AD has not been much investigated experimentally. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the integrative meaning of self-defining memories (SDMs) in early stages of AD and to analyse its relationship with the self-concept. The results showed that, when compared to the control group, AD patients less frequently extracted meaning from their SDMs and the meaning was less frequently tied to the self. Patients exhibited some altered aspects of the self-concept (i.e., complexity and strength), though some other components still persisted (i.e., valence and certainty). Correlation analyses showed that the impaired integrative meaning in the AD group was correlated with some changes in self-concept. We suggest that integrative meaning may act as a bridge between autobiographical memories and the self-concept, with reduced integration abilities appearing as a potential mechanism for the deterioration of the self-concept in AD.

Disciplines :

Theoretical & cognitive psychology

Author, co-author :

Ben Malek, Mohamed Hedi ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Form. doct. sc. psycho. & éduc. (paysage)

Philippi, Nathalie

Botzung, Anne

Cretin, Benjamin

Berna, Fabrice

Manning, Liliann

Blanc, Frederic

Language :

English

Title :

Memories defining the self in Alzheimer's disease.

Publication date :

2019

Journal title :

Memory

ISSN :

0965-8211

eISSN :

1464-0686

Publisher :

Taylor and Francis, Hove, United Kingdom

Pages :

1-7

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