Introduction: This study examined the relationship between the ability to retrieval of semantic autobiographical memory in PTSD adults.
Method: The samples of this study selected from a group of PTSD of war as experimental and two control groups with and without PTSD and matched by Age and IQ. They completed the IES-R, BDI, BAI and WAIS-R and followed by AMI.
Results: Findings showed that PTSD samples were able to retrieval fewer specific semantic autobiographical memory in comparison to the control groups. The more symptomatic survivors showed the greatest memory impairment.
Conclusion: The data from this study is discussed in terms of compromised access to specific autobiographical material in distressed trauma survivors reflecting a process of affect regulation. Also, decreases in specificity of traumatic memories were associated with higher post traumatic stress & more deficits in memory. The results showed that the amount of defects with these specific PTSD symptoms has a direct relation.
Abdi, A., Moradi, A. R., & Akramian, F. (2009). The Comparison of Autobiographical Memory in PTSD & Normal Adults. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1(3), 53-62. doi: 10.22075/jcp.2017.2014
MLA
A Abdi; A. R Moradi; F Akramian. "The Comparison of Autobiographical Memory in PTSD & Normal Adults", Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1, 3, 2009, 53-62. doi: 10.22075/jcp.2017.2014
HARVARD
Abdi, A., Moradi, A. R., Akramian, F. (2009). 'The Comparison of Autobiographical Memory in PTSD & Normal Adults', Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1(3), pp. 53-62. doi: 10.22075/jcp.2017.2014
VANCOUVER
Abdi, A., Moradi, A. R., Akramian, F. The Comparison of Autobiographical Memory in PTSD & Normal Adults. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2009; 1(3): 53-62. doi: 10.22075/jcp.2017.2014
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