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Specificity in autobiographical memory narratives correlates with performance on the Autobiographical Memory Test and prospectively predicts depressive symptoms

Jennifer A. Sumner Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Susan Mineka Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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Dan P. McAdams Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Pages 646-656 | Received 26 Jan 2012, Accepted 31 Oct 2012, Published online: 14 Dec 2012

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Timothy J. Ganly, Karen Salmon & John McDowall. (2017) Is remembering less specifically part of an avoidant coping style? Associations between memory specificity, avoidant coping, and stress. Cognition and Emotion 31:7, pages 1419-1430.
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Karen Salmon, Laina Isler, Paul Jose, Ruth Glynn, Claire Mitchell, Mary Dewhirst, Belinda Buxton, Charlotte Gutenbrunner & Elaine Reese. (2021) Delving into the detail: Greater episodic detail in narratives of a critical life event predicts an increase in adolescent depressive symptoms across one year. Behaviour Research and Therapy 137, pages 103798.
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Noboru Matsumoto & Satoshi Mochizuki. (2019) Reciprocal Relationship Between Reduced Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Depressive Symptoms in Nonclinical Populations. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy 12:2, pages 83-96.
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Qi Wang, Yubo Hou, Jessie Bee Kim Koh, Qingfang Song & Yang Yang. (2018) Culturally Motivated Remembering: The Moderating Role of Culture for the Relation of Episodic Memory to Well-Being. Clinical Psychological Science 6:6, pages 860-871.
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Maryanne Martin & Iana Alexeeva. (2018) Greater specificity of activity memories in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Implications for exercise-based treatment. Mental Health and Physical Activity 14, pages 19-30.
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Martina Luchetti, Nicolino Rossi, Ornella Montebarocci & Angelina R. Sutin. (2016) Continuity of phenomenology and (in)consistency of content of meaningful autobiographical memories. Consciousness and Cognition 42, pages 15-25.
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Monika Talarowska, Michael Berk, Michael Maes & Piotr Gałecki. (2016) Autobiographical memory dysfunctions in depressive disorders. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 70:2, pages 100-108.
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Rebecca M. Willén, Pär Anders Granhag, Leif A. Strömwall & Ronald P. Fisher. (2015) Facilitating particularization of repeated similar events with context-specific cues. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 56:1, pages 28-37.
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