Training to Increase Processing of Positive Content Paradoxically Decreases Positive Memory Bias in High Levels of Depression

IF 2.8 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Nour Kardosh, Nilly Mor
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Abstract

Purpose

Depressive symptoms are associated with reduced processing of and memory for positive content. These cognitive biases maintain depressive states, and are presumed to be interrelated. This study examined the effect of a single-session training to process (or inhibit) positive stimuli, on memory of new emotional content.

Methods

Participants (N = 138) were randomly assigned to conditions designed to increase or inhibit processing of positive content. Then, they made self-referential judgments concerning positive, negative and neutral words. Lastly, they free-recalled the words and completed a depression questionnaire.

Results

Training was effective in directing participants’ processing efforts. However, the effect of the training on self-referential judgment and memory for new positive content was only significant when contingent on depression levels. Positive endorsement and recall biases were negatively affected by the positive training among participants with higher depression scores.

Conclusions

These findings shed light on possible adverse effects of extensive exposure to positive content in depression.

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提高积极内容处理能力的训练可减少高度抑郁患者的积极记忆偏差
目的 抑郁症状与对积极内容的处理和记忆减少有关。这些认知偏差会维持抑郁状态,并被认为是相互关联的。本研究考察了处理(或抑制)积极刺激的单次训练对新情绪内容记忆的影响。方法将参与者(138 人)随机分配到旨在增加或抑制处理积极内容的条件中。然后,他们对正面、负面和中性词语进行自我参照判断。最后,他们自由回忆这些词语,并填写一份抑郁问卷。然而,只有在抑郁水平的条件下,训练对自我参照判断和新的积极内容记忆的影响才是显著的。在抑郁评分较高的参与者中,积极背书和回忆偏差受到了积极训练的负面影响。
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Cognitive Therapy and Research
Cognitive Therapy and Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-
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期刊介绍: Cognitive Therapy and Research (COTR) focuses on the investigation of cognitive processes in human adaptation and adjustment and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). It is an interdisciplinary journal welcoming submissions from diverse areas of psychology, including cognitive, clinical, developmental, experimental, personality, social, learning, affective neuroscience, emotion research, therapy mechanism, and pharmacotherapy.
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