Table 1.
Studies Included in the Meta-Analysis
| Name of the Studies | Number of Participants | Diagnosis of Patients | Procedure to Collect Autobiographical Memories | Parameters of Autobiographical Memories | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | Patients | Type of Task (name of the task) | Oral/ Written | Number of AMs | Specificity | Richness of Memory Detail | Conscious Recollection | |||
| 1 | Bennouna-Greene et al 54 | 25 | 25 | Schizophrenia | Cueing (self-statements) 61 | O | 24 | W and B | — | R |
| 2 | Berna et al 44,45 | 24 | 24 | Schizophrenia | SDM | O | 8 | W and B | — | R |
| 3 | Berna et al 67 | 10 | 10 | Schizophrenia | Diary | W | 150 | — | — | R |
| 4 | Corcoran et al 22 | 44 | 59 | Schizophrenia | AMQ (AMI) | O | 9 | — | AMI 51 | |
| 5 | Cuervo-Lombard et al 63 | 27 | 27 | Schizophrenia | Free recall | O | 20 | — | Borrini 70 | R(cont.) |
| 6 | Cuervo-Lombard et al 55 | 14 | 13 | Schizophrenia | Cueing | O | 25 | MRS 68 | Piolino 69 | R(cont.) |
| 7 | D’Argembeau et al 56 | 16 | 16 | Schizophrenia | Cueing (AMT) | O | 10 | W and B | — | — |
| 8 | Danion et al 46 | 22 | 22 | Schizophrenia | AMQ (AME) | O | 24 | W and B | Piolino 69 | R(cont.) |
| 9 | Herold et al 47 | 21 | 33 | schizophrenia and schizo- affective disorder | AMQ (E-AGI) | O | 5 | — | E-AGI 53 | — |
| 10 | Kaney et al 57 | 20 | 20 | delusional disorder | Cueing (AMT) | O | 12 | W and B | — | — |
| 11 | Mehl et al 21 | 45 | 55 | schizophrenia spectrum disorder | AMQ (AMI) | O | 9 | W and B | — | — |
| 12 | Morise et al 58 | 17 | 18 | Schizophrenia | Cueing (event cueing) 62 | O | 50 | — | — | R |
| 13 | Pernot-Marino et al 66 | 8 | 8 | Schizophrenia | Diary | W | 112 | — | — | R |
| 14 | Potheegadoo et al 42,43 | 30 | 30 | Schizophrenia | AMQ (AME) | O | 24 | MRS | Piolino 69 | R |
| 15 | Potheegadoo et al 48 | 25 | 25 | Schizophrenia | AMQ (AME) | O | 6 | MRS | Piolino 69 | — |
| 16 | Raffard et al 40,41 | 50 | 81 | Schizophrenia | SDM | W | 3 | W and B | — | — |
| 17 | Ricarte et al 59 | 31 | 31 | Schizophrenia | Cueing (AMT) | O | 12 | W and B | — | — |
| 18 | Riutort et al 49 | 24 | 24 | Schizophrenia | AMQ (AMI) + AM fluency task 64 | O | 20 | W and B | Borrini 70 | — |
| 19 | Vorontsova et al 60 | 30 | 30 | schizophrenia spectrum disorder with persecutory delusion | Cueing (AMT) | O | 12 | W and B | — | — |
| 20 | Wood et al 50 | 20 | 20 | Schizophrenia | Cueing (AMT) + AMQ (AMI) | W | 21 | W and B | AMI 51 | — |
Note: AM, Autobiographical memories; AMT, Autobiographical Memory Test 26 ; SDM, Self-Defining Memories. 65 ; AMQ, Autobiographical Memory Questionnaire; AMI, Autobiographical Memory Inventory 51 ; AME, Autobiographical Memory Enquiry 46,52 ; E-AGI, Erweitertes Autobiographisches Gedächtnisinventar 53 ; Memory specificity: W and B, Williams and Broadbent 26 ; MRS, Memory Rating Scale 68 with specific memories (scored 3–4) vs nonspecific memories (scores 0–2). Richness of memory detail: Borrini 70 ; Piolino. 69 Conscious recollection: R, Remember response of the whole memory; R(cont.), Remember response on the content of the memory (as opposed to the time and place).