Overgeneral autobiographical memory predicts changes in depression in a community sample

Tom Van Daele; James W. Griffith; Omer Van den Bergh; Dirk Hermans

doi:10.1080/02699931.2013.879052

Overgeneral autobiographical memory predicts changes in depression in a community sample

Tom Van Daele, James W. Griffith, Omer Van den Bergh, Dirk Hermans^*

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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)
Pages (from-to)	1303-1312
Number of pages	10
Journal	Cognition and Emotion
Volume	28
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2013.879052
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)

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