经常出现的非自愿记忆和思维漂泊是相关的,但却是截然不同的
Ryan C Yeung1,2, Myra A Fernandes3
1Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Health Sciences, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1, Canada. ryeung@research.baycrest.org.
Psychological research
|April 23, 2024
概括
经常出现的非自愿的自传记忆 (IAM) 与自发的心灵流浪 (MW) 有关,但与故意的MW不同. 无论是IAM还是自发MW都能独特地预测心理健康症状.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 自发的思想,包括非自愿的自传记忆 (IAM) 和心灵流浪 (MW),在日常生活中很普遍.
- 无论是IAM还是MW,它们往往都是无意的,并与精神健康障碍有关.
- 然而,经常发生的IAM和MW之间的确切关系和区别需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 检查反复发生的IAM和MW之间的趋同和分歧.
- 调查反复发生的IAM与自发与故意的MW之间的关联.
- 探索复发性IAM和MW与精神病理学的独特和共同关系.
主要方法:
- 大量的本科生样本 (N=2,701) 完成了自我报告措施.
- 这些措施评估了复发性IAM,特征MW (自发和故意),以及PTSD,抑郁和焦虑的症状.
- 用回归分析来检查这些变量之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 经常发生的IAM与自发的MW有显著的关联,但不是故意的MW.
- 自发性MW和复发性IAM都显示出与疾病症状的独特预测关系.
- 这些发现表明,当IAM是自发的时,反复发生的IAM与MW有关,但在考虑精神病理时是不同的.
结论:
- 经常性的IAM和自发的MW是相关的,但可以区分的思想形式.
- 这些独特的自发思维形式与精神健康障碍有着独特的跨诊断联系.
- 了解这些区别对于理解思维模式和精神病理学之间的关系至关重要.
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