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. 2020 Oct 9;11:567189. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.567189

Table 5.

The characteristics of involuntary and voluntary autobiographical memories in patients with schizophrenia and control participants in Study 2.

Patients with schizophrenia (n = 25) Control participants (n = 25) Statistics F(1,48)
Involuntary Voluntary Involuntary Voluntary Group Retrieval Interaction
M SD M SD M SD M SD F ηp2 F ηp2 F ηp2
Common measures to Studies 1 & 2
Retention Time (years) 9.52 9.26 12.46 10.29 9.60 7.55 9.87 8.80 0.60 0.01 0.76 0.02 1.35 0.03
Me-ness* 6.65 0.65 6.53 0.67 6.86 0.26 6.68 0.67 1.59 0.03 3.02¤ 0.06 0.12 0.00
Spontaneous Rehearsal* 3.16 1.36 2.81 1.07 3.68 1.31 3.25 1.12 3.38¤ 0.07 6.34* 0.12 0.42 0.01
Visual Perspective* 2.87 1.14 2.78 1.31 2.67 1.18 2.40 1.25 0.85 0.02 1.67 0.03 0.45 0.01
Belief in Occurrence* 6.67 0.65 6.86 0.49 6.91 0.27 6.89 0.37 1.17 0.02 4.21* 0.08 6.43* 0.12
Emotional components
    Emotional valence* 4.35 0.97 4.83 1.69 4.38 1.28 4.35 0.65 0.63 0.01 1.33 0.03 1.75 0.04
    Negative mood impacta 0.10 0.16 0.13 0.18 0.15 0.18 0.12 0.10 0.28 0.01 0.05 0.00 1.56 0.03
    No mood impacta 0.62 0.31 0.54 0.34 0.51 0.33 0.59 0.23 0.15 0.00 0.02 0.00 3.94¤ 0.08
    Positive mood impacta 0.29 0.26 0.32 0.23 0.34 0.30 0.28 0.21 0.01 0.00 0.18 0.00 1.62 0.03
    Physical reaction* 2.50 1.45 2.39 1.36 3.13 1.67 2.81 1.24 3.81¤ 0.08 1.15 0.03 0.43 0.01
Additional measures (Study 2)
Auditory vividness* 3.87 1.45 4.08 1.40 5.37 0.93 5.18 1.16 16.38*** 0.26 0.00 0.00 1.70 0.03
Visual vividness* 5.19 0.9 5.12 0.81 5.95 0.67 5.96 0.60 16.74*** 0.26 0.11 0.00 0.16 0.00
Emotional intensity* 3.80 1.30 3.62 1.34 4.22 1.33 3.44 1.00 0.14 0.00 11.14** 0.20 4.18* 0.08
Belief in accuracy* 6.61 0.66 6.65 0.59 6.88 0.37 6.79 0.56 1.9 0.04 0.19 0.00 1.14 0.02
Centrality* 3.39 1.45 3.48 1.32 2.66 1.16 2.68 1.17 5.48* 0.10 0.11 0.00 0.45 0.00
Temporal context* 5.19 1.04 5.14 1.14 5.93 0.89 5.77 0.71 7.92** 0.14 0.74 0.02 0.18 0.00
Scene/content questions
    Personal location* 5.33 0.86 5.13 0.88 5.70 0.87 5.67 0.88 4.43* 0.09 0.86 0.02 0.51 0.01
    Event content* 5.00 0.99 4.76 1.04 5.64 0.85 5.61 0.77 10.89** 0.19 1.05 0.02 0.54 0.01
    Event layout* 4.63 1.10 4.37 1.06 5.30 0.89 5.36 0.86 10.29** 0.18 0.74 0.01 1.90 0.04
    Setting name* 5.50 1.08 5.32 0.95 5.77 0.79 5.63 0.92 1.35 0.03 2.51 0.05 0.04 0.00
    Setting layout* 5.03 1.12 5.03 1.01 5.35 0.95 5.48 1.03 1.90 0.04 0.38 0.01 0.41 0.01
*

Ratings from 1 to 7;

a

Proportion of memories.

¤

p < 0.10;

**

p < 0.01;

***

p < 0.001.