TY - JOUR ID - 67765 TI - Autobiographical memory performance in cancer survivors with PTSD JO - International Journal of Behavioral Sciences JA - IJBS LA - en SN - 2322-1194 AU - Abdi, Ahmad AD - Tarbiat Moalem university Y1 - 2012 PY - 2012 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 61 EP - 68 KW - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) KW - Semantic Autobiographical Memory KW - Episodic Autobiographical Memory KW - cancer KW - cognition KW - emotion DO - N2 - Introduction: This study aimed to determine the relationship between the ability to retrieve episodic and semantic autobiographical information from previous lifetime periods and post-traumatic stress disorder.Methods: To this end, a group of women with cancer who suffered from PTSD and a control group were matched for age and IQ. Participants completed the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT) and Autobiographical Memory Interview (AMI), followed by the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), the translated versions of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R).Results: The cancer survivors were able to generate fewer specific episodic and semantic details about the past compared to the control group. The amount of these defects had a direct relationship with PTSD specific symptoms. The more symptomatic survivors showed greater memory impairment.Conclusion: The data from this study were discussed in terms of compromised access to specific autobiographical material in distressed trauma survivors reflecting a process of affect regulation. UR - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_67765.html L1 - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_67765_a1707634694d1bf59b2bfe6b789c013d.pdf ER -