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Autobiographical memory retrieval and appraisal in social anxiety disorder

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Moscovitch, David A., Vidovic, Vanja, Lenton-Brym, Ariella P., Dupasquier, Jessica R., Barber, Kevin C., Hudd, Taylor, Zabara, Nick, Romano, Mia·2018·Behaviour Research and Therapy
DOI 10.1016/j.brat.2018.06.008
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Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SADs; n = 41) and healthy controls (HCs; n = 40) were administered the Waterloo Images and Memories Interview, in which they described mental images that they tend to experience in both anxiety-provoking and non-anxiety-provoking social situations. Participants then recalled, in as much detail as possible, specific autobiographical memories of salient aversive and non-aversive social experiences that they believed led to the formation of these images. Audio-recorded memory narratives were transcribed and coded based on the procedure of the Autobiographical Interview, which provides a precise measure of the degree of episodic detail contained within each memory. Participants also rated the subjective properties of their recalled memories. Results revealed that participants across the two groups retrieved equivalent rates of both aversive and non-aversive social memories. However, SAD participants' memories of aversive events contained significantly more episodic detail than those of HCs, suggesting that they may be more highly accessible. Moreover, participants with SAD appraised their memories of aversive experiences as more distressing and intrusive than HCs, and perceived them as having a significantly greater influence on their self-perception. In contrast, no group differences were observed for memories of non-aversive events. Findings have the potential to shed new light on autobiographical memory in SAD, with implications for psychotherapeutic intervention.

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  • The mental imagery reports are consistent with the view that vivid and distressing FF imagery is a common experience in adolescents with SAD.

    “The mental imagery reports are consistent with the view that vivid and distressing FF imagery is a common experience in adolescents with SAD”

    From Negative Flashforward Imagery in Adolescent Social Anxiety Disorder: A Pilot Study of Imagery Reports and a Short EMDR Intervention. (2024) · cites this paper as Moscovitch et al. 2018

    The Discussion (p. 27) says approximately 15% of participants with SAD did not report intrusive aversive images, supporting the idea that such images are common. But the sample averaged about 31 years old (Participants, p. 13), and the paper does not establish that vivid, distressing future-focused (FF) imagery is common specifically in adolescents with SAD. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Moscovitch, D. A., Vidovic, V., Lenton-Brym, A. P., Dupasquier, J. R., Barber, K. C., Hudd, T., Zabara, N., & Romano, M.
Affiliations
University of Waterloo (CA)
Corresponding author
Moscovitch, David A.
ORCID
Venue
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-08
Volume
107
Pages
106-116
ISSN
0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.brat.2018.06.008
OpenAlex
W2809192997
Cited by
48
References
105
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4
FWCI
4.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UWSpace (University of Waterloo) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Canada Research Chairs
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
social anxiety disorder, autobiographical memory, memory retrieval, episodic detail, aversive memory, memory intrusion, self-perception, memory narratives
MeSH terms
Phobia, Social, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Recall, Social Behavior, Young Adult, Memory, Episodic

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