title: Rumination and autobiographical memory impairment in patients with schizophrenia.
abstract: Although patients with schizophrenia exhibit autobiographical memory impairment, which is considered to be a limiting factor in their daily life, the mechanisms underlying such impairment have been rarely studied. In the current study, we investigate whether rumination and, in particular, brooding, which is a form of maladaptive repetitive thinking, may be linked to the difficulty that patients with schizophrenia experience when attempting to access specific autobiographical memories. Our results indicate that patients reported less specific autobiographical memories compared to control participants. Patients also displayed a higher level of brooding and had more depressive symptoms. According to the CaR-FA-X model (Williams et al., 2007), depression and brooding were associated with memory specificity in control participants. In contrast, neither depression nor brooding was correlated with memory specificity in patients. These results suggest that depression and rumination may not be directly related to patients' difficulty to recall specific memories and that other factors, such as metacognitive deficits, must first be considered when seeking interventions aimed to improve autobiographical memory in patients with schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain; Research Institute of Neurological Disabilities, School of Medicine, Albacete, Spain. Electronic address: JorgeJavier.Ricarte@uclm.es.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ricarte
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain; Research Institute of Neurological Disabilities, School of Medicine, Albacete, Spain; Mental Health Service of Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain; Research Institute of Neurological Disabilities, School of Medicine, Albacete, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Latorre
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 1114, Physiopathologie et Psychopathologie Cognitive de la Schizophrénie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, France; Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Kirchleger, Strasbourg, France; FMTS: Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Danion
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 1114, Physiopathologie et Psychopathologie Cognitive de la Schizophrénie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, France; Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Kirchleger, Strasbourg, France; FMTS: Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013850:Thinking
keywords: Autobiographical memory; Rumination; Schizophrenia