Abstract
The CaR-FA-X model (Williams et al., 2007), or capture and rumination (CaR), functional avoidance (FA) and impaired executive control (X), is a model of overgeneral autobiographical memory. Two mechanisms of the model, rumination and executive control were examined in isolation and in interaction to investigate overgeneral autobiographical memory over time. Method: Across two time points, six months apart, a total of 149 adolescents (13-16 years) completed a minimal instruction autobiographical memory test, a measure of executive control with emotional and non-emotional stimuli, and measures of brooding rumination and reflective pondering. Results: It was found that executive control for emotional information was negatively associated with OGM, but only when reflective pondering levels were high. Conclusion: In the context of higher levels of reflective pondering, greater switch costs (i.e. lower executive control) when processing emotional information predict a decrease in OGM over time.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 482-496 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Memory and Cognition |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 16 Jan 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- overgeneral autobiographical memory
- adolescence
- rumination
- executive control
- emotion