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(Re)encontros com o passado: Memórias autobiográficas na depressão e ansiedade generalizada e sua associação com vinculação e esquemas precoces desadaptativos
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A área das memórias autobiográficas, associadas a casos clínicos, é bastante recente na
literatura científica, sendo quase inexistente em Portugal. A sua associação a escalas clínicas
também se mostra pouco explorada. O objectivo desta investigação foi estudar as
características das memórias autobiográficas e as suas associações e relações com as escalas
clínicas utilizadas.
A amostra foi constituída por 30 utentes do Serviço de Psiquiatria de um hospital (18
com perturbação depressiva e 12 com perturbação de ansiedade generalizada) que
preencheram o Inventário de Sintomas Psicopatológicos, o Inventário de Depressão de
Beck, a Escala de Vinculação do Adulto, o Questionário de Esquemas de Young e o
Inventário de Ansiedade Estado e Traço, e realizaram a Tarefa de Memórias
Autobiográficas.
Observou-se que as memórias autobiográficas no grupo clínico com perturbação
depressiva são mais negativas do que no grupo clínico com perturbação de ansiedade
generalizada. No entanto, não se verificam diferenças entre os dois grupos clínicos quanto à
especificidade das memórias autobiográficas.
Existe uma congruência entre a valência emocional do estímulo e a valência
emocional das memórias autobiográficas. Relativamente à vinculação verificou-se a
existência de correlações intragrupais, sem diferenças inter-grupos. Quanto aos esquemas
precoces desadaptativo, não existem diferenças entre os grupos.
ABSTRACT: The autobiographical memories area, associated with clinical cases, is fairly recent in scientific literature, being almost nonexistent in Portugal. Its association with clinical scales also seems underexplored. The aim of this research was to study the autobiographical memories characteristics and their associations and relationships with the used clinical scales. The sample consisted in 30 Psychiatry Service of a hospital subjects ( 18 with depressive disorder and 12 with generalized anxiety disorder) who filled up a Psychopathological Symptoms Inventory , the Beck Depression Inventory , the Adult Bonding Scale, the Young Schema questionnaire and the State and Trait Anxiety inventory, they performed the Autobiographical Memories task . It was observed that the autobiographical memories in the clinical group with depressive disorder are more negative than in the clinical group with generalized anxiety disorder . However, there where no differences between the two clinical groups regarding the Autobiographic memories specificity. There is a congruence between the emotional valence of the stimulus and the autobiographical memories emotional valence. Regarding linking , it was verified the existence of intragroup correlations, with no differences between groups. As for early maladaptive schemes, there are no differences between groups.
ABSTRACT: The autobiographical memories area, associated with clinical cases, is fairly recent in scientific literature, being almost nonexistent in Portugal. Its association with clinical scales also seems underexplored. The aim of this research was to study the autobiographical memories characteristics and their associations and relationships with the used clinical scales. The sample consisted in 30 Psychiatry Service of a hospital subjects ( 18 with depressive disorder and 12 with generalized anxiety disorder) who filled up a Psychopathological Symptoms Inventory , the Beck Depression Inventory , the Adult Bonding Scale, the Young Schema questionnaire and the State and Trait Anxiety inventory, they performed the Autobiographical Memories task . It was observed that the autobiographical memories in the clinical group with depressive disorder are more negative than in the clinical group with generalized anxiety disorder . However, there where no differences between the two clinical groups regarding the Autobiographic memories specificity. There is a congruence between the emotional valence of the stimulus and the autobiographical memories emotional valence. Regarding linking , it was verified the existence of intragroup correlations, with no differences between groups. As for early maladaptive schemes, there are no differences between groups.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário
Keywords
Memórias autobiográficas Depressão Ansiedade generalizada Vinculação Esquemas precoces desadaptativos Autobiographical memory Depression General anxiety Attachment theory Early maladaptive schemas