How are depression and autobiographical memory retrieval related to culture?

Dritschel, Barbara; Kao, Chih-Mei; Astell, Arlene; Neufeind, Julia; Lai, Te-Jen

doi:10.1037/a0025293

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“…It turns out that OAM are observed in the people suffering from rDD regardless of age and are probably independent of culture . According to Woody et al ., the OAM are also found in the children of mothers who are treated due to depression (in response to verbal stimuli of a negative emotional charge).…”

Section: Am In Recurrent Depressive Disordersmentioning

confidence: 97%

Autobiographical memory dysfunctions in depressive disorders

Talarowska

Berk

Maes

et al. 2015

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Autobiographical memory (AM) is a ubiquitous human experience that belongs to long-term declarative memory. It plays interpersonal and intrapsychic functions. The main aim of this study is to present results of contemporary research on AM in recurrent depressive disorders. The available research literature suggests that AM dysfunctions are a precursor and risk factor for recurrent depressive disorders and that they also appear to be a consequence of depressive symptoms in a bidirectional and interacting manner. These data suggest that AM might be a viable therapeutic target for cognitive remediation strategies, given the impact of cognition on diverse clinical outcomes.

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Section: Am In Recurrent Depressive Disordersmentioning

confidence: 97%

Autobiographical memory dysfunctions in depressive disorders

Talarowska

Berk

Maes

et al. 2015

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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“…Some studies have showed that the increased use of pesticides is associated with an increase in suicides [11, 12], and easy access to lethal pesticide is a significant risk factor for suicide [13]. Therefore, some studies have suggested that a ban of lethal pesticides in rural areas can be a method for suicide prevention [14].…”

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Characteristics of Chinese rural young suicides: Who did not have a strong intent to die

Sun¹,

Zhang²

2015

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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Background In exploration of the risk factors of the Chinese rural young suicide, previous researchers found low prevalence of mental problems, high degree of impulsivity, and great proportion of lethal pesticide consumption. It noticed that some of the young suicides in rural China did not intend to die from the suicidal behavior which was only instrumentally used for certain gains. Aims This study aims to look into the characteristics of those young suicides who did not really intend to die and compare them with those young suicides who had a strong intent to die. Methods Subjects were 386 suicides aged 15-34 years in the rural areas of three provinces in China. The data were obtained by psychological autopsy method. The degree of suicidal intent of the subjects was evaluated by the first 8 items of Beck’s Suicide Intent Scale (SIS). Results It was found that those suicides who had a strong intent of death were more likely to have higher age, more years of education, live alone, and suffer mental disease. On the other hand, the low intent suicides were more likely to have pesticides at home and to be impulsive. In other words, pesticides and impulsivity killed some Chinese rural young men and women who did not really want to die by suicide. Conclusion Findings of the study may be translated into practical measures in suicide prevention in China as well as elsewhere in the world.

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“…Potential participants ( N = 353) were screened using an online questionnaire to assess eligibility. Adopting the approach of previous cross‐cultural clinical research (e.g., Dritschel, Kao, Astell, Neufeind, & Lai, ; Grossmann & Kross, ; Jobson, Moradi, Rahimi‐Movaghar, Conway, & Dalgleish, ), participants identified as either European Australian (with all four grandparents being of European Australian descent) or East Asian (with all four grandparents being of East Asian descent and living in Australia for < 5 years). Eligibility criteria also included being aged between 18 and 60 years and no history of substance dependence, bipolar disorder, traumatic brain injury, neurological illness, psychosis, or PTSD (as indexed by scoring 33 or above on the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5, Blevins, Weathers, Davis, Witte, & Domino, ).…”

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The impact of depression and culture on responses to intrusive autobiographical memories: Cognitive appraisals, cognitive avoidance, and brooding rumination

Mihailova

Jobson

2019

British J Clinic Psychol

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Objectives Those with depression ascribe more negative appraisals to intrusive autobiographical memories and use maladaptive strategies to regulate intrusive memory distress. However, it is unknown whether these patterns extend to East Asian samples. This study investigated the influence of culture and depression on intrusive remembering. Design The study used a 2 (group: European Australian, East Asian) × 2 (depression: depressed, control) cross‐sectional design, with an online intrusive memory diary. Methods European Australian (n = 46) and East Asian (n = 45) participants living in Australia, with and without depression, reported two intrusive memories in real‐time and completed self‐report measures indexing their appraisals of the memories, and their use of cognitive avoidance and brooding rumination in response to the memories. Results East Asian participants reported significantly greater negative, control, and responsibility appraisals than European Australian participants. Regardless of cultural group, depressed participants endorsed greater maladaptive memory appraisals and brooding compared to controls. Additionally, among East Asian participants, those with depression cognitively avoided memories significantly more than controls. When comparing the two depressed groups, East Asians reported significantly greater brooding and avoidance in response to intrusive memories than Australians. Conclusions The findings suggest that depression may be associated with some similar maladaptive responses to intrusive autobiographical memories across cultural groups. Clinical interventions targeting unhelpful responses may, therefore, be beneficial for those with depression, regardless of cultural background. Practitioner points Across both European Australian and East Asian cultures, depressed participants endorsed higher maladaptive intrusive memory appraisals and brooded more in response to memories. Clinical interventions targeting appraisals and emotion regulation in response to intrusive memories may be beneficial for those with depression across both cultural groups. Language and acculturation may have impacted findings, as measures were administered in English and in Australia. Replication using a cross‐country design and larger sample would be beneficial to confirm findings.

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How are depression and autobiographical memory retrieval related to culture?

Cited by 25 publications

References 27 publications

Autobiographical memory dysfunctions in depressive disorders

Autobiographical memory dysfunctions in depressive disorders

Characteristics of Chinese rural young suicides: Who did not have a strong intent to die

The impact of depression and culture on responses to intrusive autobiographical memories: Cognitive appraisals, cognitive avoidance, and brooding rumination

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