Abstract
This study investigated whether overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM) predicts the course of symptoms of depression and anxiety in a community sample, after 5, 6, 12 and 18 months. Participants (N = 156) completed the Autobiographical Memory Test and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) at baseline and were subsequently reassessed using the DASS-21 at four time points over a period of 18 months. Using latent growth curve modelling, we found that OGM was associated with a linear increase in depression. We were unable to detect changes over time in anxiety. OGM may be an important marker to identify people at risk for depression in the future, but more research is needed with anxiety.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1303-1312 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Cognition and Emotion |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2014 |
Funding
Correspondence should be addressed to: Dirk Hermans, Centre for the Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Email: [email protected] The funding for this study was provided by the Policy Research Centre Welfare, Health and Family of the Flemish Government and funding from KU Leuven Centre of Excellence on Generalization Research [GRIP*TT; PF/10/005]. Dr. Griffith was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen [FWO; GP.035.11N].
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Autobiographical memory
- Community sample
- Depression
- Latent growth curve modelling
- Overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM)
- Prediction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)