Self-reported parental abuse relates to autobiographical memory style in patients with eating disorders

Tim Dalgleish, Kate Tchanturia, Lucy Serpell, Saskia Hems, Jenny Yiend, Padmal de Silva, Janet Treasure

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Abstract

Previous research has shown a relationship between levels of self-reported childhood abuse and overgeneral memory style. This relationship was further clarified in patients with an eating disorder (ED). Patients and healthy controls completed a task in which they had to generate specific autobiographical memories to emotional cue words. The results showed that first, the ED group, relative to the controls, produced more first memories that were "overgeneral" and fewer first memories that were specific. Second, in the ED group, the level of self-reported parental abuse was positively correlated with the tendency to produce overgeneral memories to negative cues. This effect remained significant even after levels of depressed mood were controlled for.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-222
Number of pages12
JournalEmotion
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Autobiography as Topic
  • Child
  • Child Abuse
  • Eating Disorders
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Memory
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Self Concept
  • Truth Disclosure

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