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Improving specific autobiographical memory in older adults: impacts on mood, social problem solving, and functional limitations
- Source :
- Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 25:695-723
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Older adults have difficulty recalling specific autobiographical events. This over-general memory style is a vulnerability factor for depression. Two groups receiving interventions that have previously been successful at reducing over-general memory in depressed populations were compared to a control group. Participants were healthy older adults aged ≥70 years: memory specificity training (MEST; n = 22), life review (n = 22), and control group (n = 22). There were significant improvements in autobiographical memory specificity in the MEST and life review groups at post-training, relative to the control group, suggesting that over-general memory can be reduced in older adults. Change in social problem solving ability and functional limitations were related to change in autobiographical memory specificity, supporting the suggested role of specific retrieval in generating solutions to social problems and maintaining independence. Qualitative analysis of participants' feedback revealed that life review may be more appropriate for older adults, possibly because it involves integrating specific memories into a positive narrative.
- Subjects :
- Male
Aging
Memory, Episodic
Psychological intervention
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Personal Satisfaction
Social issues
050105 experimental psychology
Feedback
Developmental psychology
Executive Function
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Learning
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Narrative
Social Behavior
Problem Solving
Aged
Autobiographical memory
05 social sciences
Social problem-solving
Affect
Psychiatry and Mental health
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Mood
Mental Recall
Female
Childhood memory
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Psychology
Life review
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17444128 and 13825585
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7ec79a68c29acd42be2254a997fa0b7e