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Self-defining memories and self-concept clarity: A comparative study of depressed patients, bipolar patients and healthy subjects
Wagener, Aurélie; Boulanger, Marie; Blairy, Sylvie
2015Annual Conference 2015 of the British Psychological Society
 

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Keywords :
self-defining memories; depressive disorder; bipolar disorder
Abstract :
[en] Depressed and bipolar patients suffer from autobiographical memory (AM) deficits. For instance, depressed patients present an overgeneralisation and a mood congruence biases. Indeed, these patients seem to have difficulties to recall specific and positive memories. The present study focusses on a particular kind of memories: the self-defining memories (SDMs). SDMs are highly pertinent for self-building: they help to define in the most clearly way our perception of ourselves. Because SDMs have not been studied a lot since yet in these two disorders, our goal is to assess the impact of general AM biases on SDMs. Then, the present study pursues two main aims: 1) To assess SDM’s characteristics, 2) To assess the relationship between SDM and self-concept clarity. To reach our objective, depressed and bipolar patients are compared to healthy subjects. Participants are asked to complete SDMs exercises that are recalling six important events which happened in their life. These SDMs are assessed on four variables: specificity, impact, meaning making, contain. Self-concept clarity and mood are also assessed. Until now, 17 depressed patients, 16 bipolar patients and 18 healthy controls participate in this study. Preliminary results do not highlight difference between our groups on specificity. Marginal effects appear for meaning making with healthy subjects recalling more meaning making events. Results show that depressed patients present a mood congruence. The final results will be presented during the convention, as data-collection is on-going and will end in April. Experimental and clinical implications of our results will be discussed.
Research center :
Unité de Psychologie Clinique Comportementale et Cognitive
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Wagener, Aurélie  ;  Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Boulanger, Marie ;  Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Blairy, Sylvie ;  Université de Liège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Language :
English
Title :
Self-defining memories and self-concept clarity: A comparative study of depressed patients, bipolar patients and healthy subjects
Publication date :
06 May 2015
Number of pages :
A0
Event name :
Annual Conference 2015 of the British Psychological Society
Event organizer :
British Psychological Society
Event place :
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Event date :
du 5 mai 2015 au 7 mai 2015
Audience :
International
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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