Self-disorders in individuals with attenuated psychotic symptoms: Contribution of a dysfunction of autobiographical memory
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Self-disorders in individuals with attenuated psychotic symptoms: Contribution of a dysfunction of autobiographical memory. / Berna, Fabrice; Göritz, Anja S; Schröder, Johanna; Martin, Brice; Cermolacce, Michel; Allé, Mélissa C; Danion, Jean-Marie; Cuervo-Lombard, Christine V; Moritz, Steffen.
in: PSYCHIAT RES, Jahrgang 239, 30.05.2016, S. 333-41.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Self-disorders in individuals with attenuated psychotic symptoms: Contribution of a dysfunction of autobiographical memory
AU - Berna, Fabrice
AU - Göritz, Anja S
AU - Schröder, Johanna
AU - Martin, Brice
AU - Cermolacce, Michel
AU - Allé, Mélissa C
AU - Danion, Jean-Marie
AU - Cuervo-Lombard, Christine V
AU - Moritz, Steffen
N1 - Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/5/30
Y1 - 2016/5/30
N2 - Patients with schizophrenia and people with subclinical psychotic symptoms have difficulties getting a clear and stable representation of their self. The cognitive mechanisms involved in this reduced clarity of self-concept remain poorly understood. The present study examined whether an altered way of thinking or reasoning about one's past may account for the reduced clarity of self-concept in individuals with attenuated psychotic symptoms (APS). An online study comprising 667 participants examined the capacity to give a meaning to past events and to scrutinize autobiographical memory to better understand him/herself. Our results showed that in this sample, individuals with APS (n=49) have a lower clarity of self-concept and a higher tendency to scrutinize autobiographical memory than controls subjects (n=147). A mediation analysis performed on the full sample revealed that the relation between APS and clarity of self-concept was mediated by a tendency to scrutinize autobiographical memory. Our results suggest that the weakness of self-concept, which increases with the intensity of psychotic symptoms, may be related to an altered function of autobiographical memory, so that examining past events may fail to sustain a stable and clear representation of the self when psychotic symptoms increase.
AB - Patients with schizophrenia and people with subclinical psychotic symptoms have difficulties getting a clear and stable representation of their self. The cognitive mechanisms involved in this reduced clarity of self-concept remain poorly understood. The present study examined whether an altered way of thinking or reasoning about one's past may account for the reduced clarity of self-concept in individuals with attenuated psychotic symptoms (APS). An online study comprising 667 participants examined the capacity to give a meaning to past events and to scrutinize autobiographical memory to better understand him/herself. Our results showed that in this sample, individuals with APS (n=49) have a lower clarity of self-concept and a higher tendency to scrutinize autobiographical memory than controls subjects (n=147). A mediation analysis performed on the full sample revealed that the relation between APS and clarity of self-concept was mediated by a tendency to scrutinize autobiographical memory. Our results suggest that the weakness of self-concept, which increases with the intensity of psychotic symptoms, may be related to an altered function of autobiographical memory, so that examining past events may fail to sustain a stable and clear representation of the self when psychotic symptoms increase.
U2 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.03.029
DO - 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.03.029
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 27058160
VL - 239
SP - 333
EP - 341
JO - PSYCHIAT RES
JF - PSYCHIAT RES
SN - 0165-1781
ER -
