Absorption, dissociation, and fantasy-proneness as predictors of memory distortion in autobiographical and laboratory-generated memories

Platt, Richard D.; Lacey, Steven C.; Iobst, Adam D.; Finkelman, David

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199812)12:7<s77::aid-acp601>3.0.co;2-c

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“…The critical dierence between these studies might be the absence or presence of suggestive techniques to induce memory distortions. That is, the connection between DES and interrogative suggestibility found in our study seems to indicate that studies using suggestive maneuvers to induce pseudomemories will be more successful in detecting a connection between DES and autobiographical memory distortion than studies examining the more or less spontaneous memory distortions that develop over time (Platt et al, 1998).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…In addition, evidence was found to support the notion that self-reported cognitive eciency plays a mediating role in the link between DES and suggestibility. The current results may help explain why some studies found the DES to be a powerful predictor of autobiographical memory distortion (e.g., Hyman & Billings, 1998), while other studies failed to replicate this phenomenon (e.g., Platt, Lacey, Iobst, & Finkelman, 1998). The critical dierence between these studies might be the absence or presence of suggestive techniques to induce memory distortions.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

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Dissociative experiences and interrogative suggestibility in college students

Muris

Rassin

Horselenberg

2000

Personality and Individual Differences

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The present study examined whether scores on the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) are related to interrogative suggestibility, as measured by the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (GSS-1). In addition, an attempt was made to identify factors that may mediate this relationship. The DES and GSS were administered to a sample of 56 female undergraduate students along with self-report measures of cognitive failures and fantasy proneness. DES and cognitive failures were found to be related to total GSS scores. In contrast, fantasy proneness was not linked to total GSS scores. Correcting for the in¯uence of cognitive failures attenuated the correlation between DES and GSS. This suggests that cognitive eciency is one of the mediating factors operating in the connection between dissociation and interrogative suggestibility. 7

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Dissociative experiences and interrogative suggestibility in college students

Muris

Rassin

Horselenberg

2000

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…The m easure of fantasy proneness in this study w as the Inventory of Childhood Memories and Imaginings, a m easure of involvement in fantasy both as a child and as an adult that was also used to construct the CEQ [27]. The authors speculate that those who score high on absorption are more inclined to incorporate post-event information of any sort into the memory reconstruction process [30].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 90%

Relationships Between Self-Reported Potentially Traumatizing Events, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation, and Absorption, in Two Non-Clinical Populations

Näring

Nijenhuis

2005

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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Objective: Some authors have suggested that the personality characteristic 'fantasy proneness' may mediate the correlation between reported potentially traumatizing events and dissociative symptoms. Other authors question the reported magnitude of this correlation in non-clinical samples because these are usually derived from student samples and may therefore suffer from a restriction of range. The primary aim of this study is to assess the relationship between a self-report measure of traumatisation and psychoform dissociation as well as somatoform dissociation in a non-clinical population, while accounting for the influence of fantasy proneness. Method: Two random non-clinical samples, i.e., a student and an adult non-student sample, completed a range of relevant self report questionnaires. Absorption was used as an index of fantasy proneness. Results: The range of reported potentially traumatising events was restricted in students, compared to non-students. In both samples a significant correlation was found between reported potentially traumatizing events and dissociation. After partialling out absorption, the relationship between reported potential traumatisation and psychoform dissociation diminished substantially in both samples. The magnitude of the correlation with somatoform dissociation decreased to a lesser degree, so that it remained significant in both samples. Conclusions: The correlation between somatoform dissociation and reported traumatisation, after partialling out absorption, gives a reliable estimate of the magnitude of the relationships between potentially traumatising events and dissociation. Findings regarding traumatisation and dissociation in students should be generalised to the general population cautiously.

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“…Interestingly, research relying on the ICMI as an index of fantasy proneness reported correlations with TAS of a similar magnitude (e.g. r=0.77; Platt, Lacey, Iobst & Finkelman, 1998).…”

Section: Correlatesmentioning

confidence: 99%