TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissociative experiences are related to commissions in emotional memory
AU - Candel, I.E.L.
AU - Merckelbach, H.L.G.J.
AU - Kuijpers, M.
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - Two rival hypotheses of the link between dissociative experiences and emotional memory were tested: 1) the defence mechanism hypothesis that assumes that dissociation promotes fragmentation of emotional memory; and 2) the fantasy proneness hypothesis that claims that because of its overlap with fantasy proneness, dissociation is related to commissions in emotional memory. Undergraduates scoring high (n = 19) or low (n = 19) on the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) listened to. an aversive story. Next, a free recall task was administered. While high dissociators made more commission errors in their free recall than did low dissociators, fantasy proneness did not account for this difference.
AB - Two rival hypotheses of the link between dissociative experiences and emotional memory were tested: 1) the defence mechanism hypothesis that assumes that dissociation promotes fragmentation of emotional memory; and 2) the fantasy proneness hypothesis that claims that because of its overlap with fantasy proneness, dissociation is related to commissions in emotional memory. Undergraduates scoring high (n = 19) or low (n = 19) on the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) listened to. an aversive story. Next, a free recall task was administered. While high dissociators made more commission errors in their free recall than did low dissociators, fantasy proneness did not account for this difference.
U2 - 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00016-0
DO - 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00016-0
M3 - Article
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 41
SP - 719
EP - 725
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
ER -