Memory bias and personality characteristics in college students with social anxiety disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some individuals are more susceptible to recalling false information about events that never happened in their life. Nevertheless, there are several factors, such as personality characteristics, that appear to be related to memory performance. Social anxiety also provokes memory deficits for events that happen to other people, because these individuals tend to focus on their own inner selves rather than on external signs.

Objective

To investigate the influence of the personality characteristics of individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) on memory performance.

Methods

In this study, 183 university students had their memory tested using a complex emotional story about a mother and her son. Only subjects without clinical symptoms of depression and gen

SUBMITTER: Neufeld CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039717 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature