Table 3.
The characteristics of involuntary and voluntary autobiographical memories in patients with schizophrenia and control participants measured in Study 1.
| Patients with schizophrenia (n = 25) | Control participants (n = 25) | Statistics F(1,38) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Involuntary | Voluntary | Involuntary | Voluntary | Group | Retrieval | Interaction | ||||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | F | F | F | ||||
| Common measures to Studies 1 & 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Me-ness* | 4.60 | 0.57 | 4.56 | 0.55 | 4.79 | 0.31 | 4.66 | 0.53 | 3.80¤ | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 1.40 | 0.03 |
| Spontaneous rehearsal* | 2.81 | 0.88 | 2.51 | 0.85 | 2.90 | 0.77 | 2.34 | 0.61 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 13.47*** | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.01 |
| Visual perspective* | 2.81 | 0.99 | 2.80 | 1.01 | 2.86 | 1.03 | 2.93 | 1.08 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.01 | 0.42 | 0.01 |
| Belief in occurrence* | 4.57 | 0.58 | 4.56 | 0.55 | 4.64 | 0.53 | 6.66 | 0.53 | 0.83 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Emotional components | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Emotional valence* | 3.38 | 0.62 | 3.66 | 0.66 | 3.51 | 0.49 | 3.86 | 0.48 | 1.52 | 0.04 | 14.79*** | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.01 |
| Negative mood impacta | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.66 | 0.02 | 17.03*** | 0.31 | 1.15 | 0.03 |
| No mood impacta | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.04 | 0.54 | 0.24 | 0.53 | 0.21 | 2.45 | 0.06 | 1.04 | 0.03 | 2.52 | 0.06 |
| Positive mood impacta | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.18 | 1.46 | 0.04 | 3.90¤ | 0.09 | 0.70 | 0.02 |
| Physical reaction* | 2.17 | 0.87 | 2.18 | 0.99 | 2.50 | 0.81 | 2.30 | 0.70 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 1.39 | 0.03 | 1.82 | 0.04 |
| Additional measures (Study 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Intrusiveness* | 1.97 | 0.86 | 1.77 | 0.92 | 1.97 | 0.66 | 1.70 | 0.63 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 7.42** | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.00 |
| Feeling of control* | 2.02 | 0.88 | 1.80 | 0.82 | 2.02 | 0.74 | 1.76 | 0.75 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 11.24** | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
Ratings from 1 to 5;
Proportion of memories.
p < 0.10;
p < 0.01;
p < 0.001.