title: Effects of self-relevant cues and cue valence on autobiographical memory specificity in dysphoria.
abstract: Reduced autobiographical memory specificity (rAMS) is a characteristic memory bias observed in depression. To corroborate the capture hypothesis in the CaRFAX (capture and rumination, functional avoidance, executive capacity and control) model, we investigated the effects of self-relevant cues and cue valence on rAMS using an adapted Autobiographical Memory Test conducted with a nonclinical population. Hierarchical linear modelling indicated that the main effects of depression and self-relevant cues elicited rAMS. Moreover, the three-way interaction among valence, self-relevance, and depression scores was significant. A simple slope test revealed that dysphoric participants experienced rAMS in response to highly self-relevant positive cues and low self-relevant negative cues. These results partially supported the capture hypothesis in nonclinical dysphoria. It is important to consider cue valence in future studies examining the capture hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba City , Tennodai , Japan.
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Human Sciences , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba City , Tennodai , Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
mesh_terms: D003463:Cues; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Autobiographical memory specificity; capture hypothesis; depression; overgeneral autobiographical memory