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The Benefits of Expressive Writing on Autobiographical Memory Specificity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Auteurs: Kacey Little Maestas, Stephanie S. Rude

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 3/2012

Abstract

This study provided a preliminary investigation of an expressive writing intervention, which has been found to reduce rumination and avoidance, in reducing overgeneral memory among 207 non-depressed college students. Participants were randomized to one of three writing conditions: traditional expressive writing, specific expressive writing, or control writing. Study results showed that compared to participants in the control writing condition, participants in the traditional and specific expressive writing conditions demonstrated significantly greater autobiographical memory specificity at the 6-month follow-up. Results revealed that the effect of the traditional expressive writing intervention on increased autobiographical memory specificity was partially mediated by a reduction in avoidance, but not rumination.

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Although we did not hypothesize a change in AMT specificity scores at Time 1, we also conducted an ANCOVA on Time 2 AMT specificity scores, with Time 2 BDI scores and Time 1 AMT specificity scores held as covariates. Results revealed a significant effect of the intervention on Time 2 AMT specificity scores after controlling for the effects of Time 1 AMT and Time 2 BDI scores, F (2, 202) = 4.35, p = .01, partial eta squared = .04. Planned comparisons revealed that the control condition showed significantly greater AMT specificity at Time 2. However, there was no significant reduction in AMT specificity scores for the traditional and specific writing conditions.

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Titel: The Benefits of Expressive Writing on Autobiographical Memory Specificity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Auteurs: Kacey Little Maestas
Stephanie S. Rude
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2012
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-011-9358-y

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