Overgeneral autobiographical memory effect in older depressed adults

Ricarte, Jorge Javier; Postigo, José Miguel Latorre; Ros, Laura; Navarro, Beatriz; Aguilar, María José Cuesta; Serrano, Juan Pedro

doi:10.1080/13607863.2011.573468

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“…In all, 45 studies reported that they excluded individuals with cognitive impairment or a diagnosis of dementia, of which 30 were cross-sectional studies (58.8%) [11,12,17,19,24,30,31,32,33,37,58,59,60,62,63,64,65,66,69,72,73,75,76,77,78,88,89,90,91,92] and 15 were longitudinal studies (68.2%) [2,3,4,8,10,18,20,21,25,26,34,45,46,48,49]. Cognitive function was equally assessed in clinical studies (n = 11) and in community-based studies (n = 12).…”

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“…Cognitive function was equally assessed in clinical studies (n = 11) and in community-based studies (n = 12). The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was used in 23 studies [2,8,10,12,17,19,20,25,26,31,32,33,37,48,58,62,66,69,73,78,88,89,90] for exclusion purposes. To exclude participants, the cutoff score for the MMSE varied considerably between the studies, i.e.…”

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“…Depression in older persons (≥60 years) is prevalent in community living settings [2,3,4,5,6,7,8] and even more prevalent among older individuals who have been hospitalized due to serious physical diseases or institutionalized due to reduced physical and/or cognitive functioning [9,10,11,12]. Known risk factors for depression are female gender [1,13], older age [14,15], poorer coping abilities [16], physical morbidity [2,4,9,17,18,19,20,21,22], impaired level of functioning [2,5,6,9,13,18,23,24,25,26,27,28,29], reduced cognition [2,3,8,20,30,31,32,33,34,35], and bereavement [13,36]. Depression has been associated with an increased risk of mortality [2,37], and poorer outcome of treatment of physical disorders [4,10].…”

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Depression and Quality of Life in Older Persons: A Review

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Background: Depression is a prevalent and disabling condition in older persons (≥60 years) that increases the risk of mortality and negatively influences quality of life (QOL). The relationship between depression, or depressive symptoms, and QOL has been increasingly addressed by research in recent years, but a review that can contribute to a better understanding of this relationship in older persons is lacking. Against this background, we undertook a literature review to assess the relationship between depression and QOL in older persons. Summary: Extensive electronic database searches revealed 953 studies. Of these, 74 studies fulfilled our criteria for inclusion, of which 52 were cross-sectional studies and 22 were longitudinal studies. Thirty-five studies were conducted in a clinical setting, while 39 were community-based epidemiological studies. A clear definition of the QOL concept was described in 25 studies, and 24 different assessment instruments were employed to assess QOL. Depressed older persons had poorer global and generic health-related QOL than nondepressed individuals. An increase in depression severity was associated with a poorer global and generic health-related QOL. The associations appeared to be stable over time and independent of how QOL was assessed. Key Messages: This review found a significant association between severity of depression and poorer QOL in older persons, and the association was found to be stable over time, regardless which assessment instruments for QOL were applied. The lack of a definition of the multidimensional and multilevel concept QOL was common, and the large variety of QOL instruments in various studies make a direct comparison between the studies difficult.

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Depression and Quality of Life in Older Persons: A Review

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“…Thus, negative mood may activate trait rumination and the negative consequences of rumination on the amount of autobiographical recall can then be observed. In non-depressed older adults, specific autobiographical memory was positively associated with life satisfaction (Latorre et al, 2013) and negatively with hopelessness (Ricarte et al, 2011). Moreover, older adults present a preference for remembering positively rather than negatively valenced information.…”

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Age differences in rumination and autobiographical retrieval

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Ros

Serrano

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Aging & Mental Health

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“…O que se tem verificado é que, relativamente à especificidade das memórias autobiográficas evocadas, os idosos com sintomatologia depressiva e depressão evocam em média menos memórias autobiográficas específicas em comparação com os idosos sem sintomatologia depressiva e sem depressão (Barata & Afonso, 2012;Birch & Davidson, 2007;Latorre et al, 2013;Ricarte et al, 2011).…”

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A relação entre a sintomatologia depressiva e a evocação de memórias autobiográficas em pessoas idosas

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2017

Psychol. Community Health

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ResumoObjetivo: É evidente o envelhecimento da população e a prevalência elevada da depressão nos idosos. Propõe-se, nesta investigação, compreender a relação entre a sintomatologia depressiva e a evocação de memórias autobiográficas nos idosos, pois estudos nesta área têm mostrado que a sobregeneralização das memórias autobiográficas apresenta-se como uma característica estável que funciona como marcador e preditor da depressão. Método: A amostra é constituída por 50 idosos, com idades entre os 65 e os 92 anos. Foram divididos por dois grupos: Sem Sintomatologia Depressiva (n = 32) e Com Sintomatologia Depressiva (n = 18). Aplicou-se um questionário sociodemográfico, o Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), o Inventário da Depressão de Beck (BDI), o Inventário de Ansiedade Estado e Traço (STAI) e a Tarefa de Memória Autobiográfica. Resultados: Constata-se a inexistência de uma sobregeneralização das memórias autobiográficas nas pessoas com sintomatologia depressiva. Os idosos sem sintomatologia depressiva não diferem significativamente dos idosos com sintomatologia depressiva na evocação de memórias autobiográficas específicas, categóricas e alargadas, de valência emocional positiva e negativa e nos tempos de latência. Conclusão: Levanta-se a hipótese da inexistência de diferenças significativas poderem ser explicadas pela severidade ligeira dos sintomas depressivos apresentados pela maioria dos idosos com sintomatologia depressiva. Sugere-se a expansão do conhecimento nesta área que permita a prevenção e o desenvolvimento de intervenções mais adequadas aos idosos. Palavras-Chave: idosos, sintomatologia depressiva, memórias autobiográficas AbstractAim: The continuous progression of population aging and the high prevalence of depression in the elderly are evident. This investigation aimed to study the relationship between depressive symptomatology and the recall of autobiographical memories in the elderly, because studies in this field have shown that overgeneralization of autobiographical memories was presented as a stable feature that works both as a marker and predictor of depression. Method: The sample is composed of 50 elderly, aged between 65 and 92 years. They were divided into two groups: Without Depressive Symptomatology (n = 32) and With Depressive Symptomatology (n = 18). A sociodemographic questionnaire, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Autobiographical Memory Test were applied. Results: The absence of an overgeneralization of autobiographical memories in people with depressive symptomatology was observed. Older people without depressive symptomatology did not differ significantly from the elderly with depressive symptomatology in the evocation of specific, categorical and extended autobiographical memories, positive and negative emotional valence and latency times. Conclusion:The hypothesis that the inexistence of differences can be explained by the slight severity of depressive symptoms for most seniors with depressiv...

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Overgeneral autobiographical memory effect in older depressed adults

Cited by 32 publications

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Depression and Quality of Life in Older Persons: A Review

Depression and Quality of Life in Older Persons: A Review

Age differences in rumination and autobiographical retrieval

A relação entre a sintomatologia depressiva e a evocação de memórias autobiográficas em pessoas idosas

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