Exploring self-defining memories in schizophrenia
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Previous studies have shown that patients with schizophrenia are impaired in recalling specific events from their personal past. However, the relationship between autobiographical memory impairments and disturbance of the sense of identity in schizophrenia has not been investigated in detail. In this study the authors investigated schizophrenic patients' ability to recall self-defining memories; that is, memories that play an important role in building and maintaining the self-concept. Results showed that patients recalled as many specific self-defining memories as healthy participants. However, patients with schizophrenia exhibited an abnormal reminiscence bump and reported different types of thematic content (i.e., they recalled less memories about past achievements and more memories regarding hospitalisation and stigmatisation of illness). Furthermore, the findings suggest that impairments in extracting meaning from personal memories could represent a core disturbance of autobiographical memory in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Authors
- Raffard, S., D'Argembeau, A., Lardi, C., Bayard, S., Boulenger, J.-P., Boulenger, J.-P., & Van Der Linden, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University of Liège, and Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS)
- Inserm (FR)
- University of Geneva
- Corresponding author
- Raffard, Stéphane
- Venue
- Memory
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 26-38
- ISSN
- 0965-8211 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0686
- OpenAlex
- W2038113282
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 9.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- orbi.uliege.be
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Memory (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion)
- ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- schizophrenia, autobiographical memory, self-defining memories, self-concept, sense of identity, reminiscence bump, disease stigma
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Emotions, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Memory, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Self Concept, Case-Control Studies
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