@article{ref1,
title="Autobiographical memory and parasuicide in borderline personality disorder",
journal="British journal of clinical psychology",
year="2001",
author="Startup, M. and Heard, H. and Swales, M. and Jones, B. and Williams, J. M. and Jones, R. S.",
volume="40",
number="Pt 2",
pages="113-120",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Several studies have found that parasuicidal patients are poor at recalling specific autobiographical memories when tested with the word-cueing paradigm and two studies have reported some evidence that over-general recall is a risk factor for repetition of parasuicide. The aim of the present study was to test whether this association could be replicated with a sample of patients suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD). METHOD: Twenty-three patients with BPD completed a version of the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT) and self-report measures of depression, anxiety and trait anger. In a structured interview, they also reported the number of times they had engaged in parasuicidal acts during the previous 4 months. RESULTS: The number of general memories produced on the AMT made a significant contribution to the prediction of the frequency of parasuicidal acts in a multiple regression analysis but the partial correlation in the final equation was negative. That is, those who showed greatest over-general recall reported fewest parasuicidal acts. Anxiety and depression, but not trait anger, also made significant independent contributions to the prediction of parasuicide. CONCLUSION: Over-general autobiographical recall may help to protect borderline individuals from parasuicidal acts by helping them to avoid distressing memories.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0144-6657",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}