Memory for complex emotional material in dissociative identity disorder
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Eleven women with dissociative identity disorder (DID) participated in an experiment that included a variety of memory measures. DID participants were faster than a group of 13 female students at producing autobiographical memories in response to cue words. DID participants had difficulty answering detailed questions about a story containing fear compared with a neutral story; the student group did not. The DID group reported experiencing significantly more childhood trauma than did the student group. Effect sizes were moderate to high. This preliminary study uses a broad conceptualization of memory functioning, combining ecologically valid testing with experimental paradigms and addressing the impact of emotion on memory in trauma survivors.
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Individuals with DID show overgeneral autobiographical memory recall.
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- Authors
- Barlow, M. R.
- Affiliations
- Boise State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Barlow, M. Rose
- ORCID
- Barlow, M. Rose
- Venue
- Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-12-30
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 53-66
- ISSN
- 1529-9732 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-9740
- OpenAlex
- W2154548560
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 0.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Scholar Works (Boise State University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- dissociative identity disorder, autobiographical memory, emotional memory, childhood trauma, fear, memory retrieval, trauma survivors, dissociation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Emotions, Female, Humans, Memory Disorders, Middle Aged, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies
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