Development of Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory in Offspring of Depressed Mothers.

ABSTRACT: Maternal depression increases the risk for offspring cognitive vulnerabilities, which may be a mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of depression. Little is known about how cognitive vulnerabilities, particularly memory biases, develop in the offspring of depressed mothers. Understanding the etiology of memory biases may lead to novel intervention targets. Therefore, the current study examined the prospective impact of maternal depression on the development of offspring overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM; i.e., the tendency to recall less specific memories), a cognitive vulnerability implicated in the intergenerational transmission of depression. Participants were offspring (ages 8-14; 51% daughters, 81% Caucasian) of mothers with (n= 129) or without (n</

SUBMITTER: Woody ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044035 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature