Muir, K, Madill, A orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-507X and Brown, C orcid.org/0000-0001-9697-4878 (2023) Reflective rumination mediates the effects of neuroticism upon the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory. Self and Identity, 22 (1). pp. 102-128. ISSN 1529-8868
Abstract
Across three studies we explored neuroticism in relation to the fading affect bias, which refers to the greater fading of unpleasant compared to pleasant emotions in autobiographical memory. With increasing neuroticism, there was an increase in the frequency of unpleasant event rehearsal, which was then linked to less fading of negative affect. Study 2 showed this effect was specific to reflective rehearsal, with Study 3 clarifying the mediating effect was due to increased frequency of the reflective sub-type of rumination. We offer new insights into the effects of neuroticism on autobiographical memory and suggest that reflective rumination can be linked to retention of negative affect in individuals with high neuroticism, which can be interpreted as indicative of maladaptive emotional processing.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of an article published in Self and Identity. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Fading affect bias; neuroticism; personality; rehearsal; reflection; rumination |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2022 12:41 |
Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2023 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/15298868.2022.2041080 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:184476 |