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A relação entre a indução de humor e a evocação de memórias autobiográficas
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Memórias autobiográficas abrangem informação autorreferente e afetivamente relevante,
sendo fundamentais na construção da identidade. Teorias acerca da memória autobiográfica
focam-se mais no indivíduo e menos no impacto da cultura na estrutura e conteúdo da
memória autobiográfica. Recentemente surgiram teorias propondo que a evocação de
memórias autobiográficas pode ser moldada pelos scripts de vida, que consistem em
expectativas culturalmente partilhadas acerca da localização temporal e ordem dos
acontecimentos de vida num curso de vida protótipo.
O objetivo desta investigação foi compreender a influência do estado de humor na
evocação de scripts de vida e eventos de vida pessoais, e a relação entre ambos. Com esta
metodologia, preenchemos lacunas de estudos existentes.
Participaram nesta investigação 60 estudantes de Psicologia do ISPA-IU (F=54; M=6),
com idade superior a 17 anos (M=21; DP=5,487). Estados de humor, de valências emocionais
positiva e negativa, foram induzidos através de excertos de música; os acontecimentos de vida
foram recolhidos através do Questionário dos Eventos dos Scripts de Vida e do Questionário
dos Eventos da História de Vida; foram aplicadas escalas clínicas, nomeadamente o
Inventário de Sintomas Psicopatológicos (BSI), a Nova Escala Multidimensional da
Depressão (NMDAS) e o Inventário de Depressão de Beck (BDI).
Não observámos uma congruência entre valências emocionais dos estados de humor e
acontecimentos de vida, mas observámos uma sobreposição parcial entre eventos da história
de vida e scripts de vida. Observámos, ainda, um enviesamento positivo mas não o fenómeno
de reminiscência.
Discutimos estes resultados com base no papel do estado de humor e scripts de vida no
processamento de informação.
Autobiographical memory comprehends self-referent and affectively important information, and is fundamental to the construction of identity. Theories of autobiographical memory generally focus on the level of the individual and minimize the impact of culture on the structure and content of autobiographical memory. Recently new theories have emerged suggesting that the recall of autobiographical memories may be shaped by life scripts, that is culturally shared expectations as to the order and timing of life events in a prototypical life course. The aim of this study consisted in understanding the influence of mood states in the recall of life scripts and life story events, and the relation between those events. With this methodology, we fill the gaps of existing studies. 60 Psychology students in ISPA-IU (F=54; M=6) older than 17 (M=21; SD=5,487) participated in this study. Mood states for a positive and negative emotional valence were induced through music extracts; life events were collected through the Life Script Questionnaire and the Life Story Questionnaire; a set of clinical scales was used, specifically the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), the New Multidimensional Depression Assessement Scale (NMDAS) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). We did not find a congruence between the emotional valences of mood states and of life events, but we found a parcial overlap between life story and life script events. We also found a positive bias but not the reminiscence bump phenomenon. We discussed these findings taking into account the role of mood states and life scripts in the information processing.
Autobiographical memory comprehends self-referent and affectively important information, and is fundamental to the construction of identity. Theories of autobiographical memory generally focus on the level of the individual and minimize the impact of culture on the structure and content of autobiographical memory. Recently new theories have emerged suggesting that the recall of autobiographical memories may be shaped by life scripts, that is culturally shared expectations as to the order and timing of life events in a prototypical life course. The aim of this study consisted in understanding the influence of mood states in the recall of life scripts and life story events, and the relation between those events. With this methodology, we fill the gaps of existing studies. 60 Psychology students in ISPA-IU (F=54; M=6) older than 17 (M=21; SD=5,487) participated in this study. Mood states for a positive and negative emotional valence were induced through music extracts; life events were collected through the Life Script Questionnaire and the Life Story Questionnaire; a set of clinical scales was used, specifically the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), the New Multidimensional Depression Assessement Scale (NMDAS) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). We did not find a congruence between the emotional valences of mood states and of life events, but we found a parcial overlap between life story and life script events. We also found a positive bias but not the reminiscence bump phenomenon. We discussed these findings taking into account the role of mood states and life scripts in the information processing.
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Dissertação de Mestrado
apresentada no ISPA
– Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de
Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica
Keywords
Memórias autobiográficas Scripts de vida Indução de humor Autobiographical memory Life scripts Mood induction