Cultural differences in levels of autonomous orientation in autobiographical remembering in posttraumatic stress disorder

• Published in: Applied cognitive psychology Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 175 - 182
• Main Author: Jobson, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.03.2011; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Autobiographical memory; Autonomy; Biological and medical sciences; Cognitive ability; Cultural differences; Interdependence; Medical sciences; Memory; Post traumatic stress disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological trauma; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Selfdetermination; Studies; Survivors; Trauma; Social environment; Human; Crosscultural study; Individualism collectivism; Cultural environment; Anxiety disorder; Autobiographical memory; Cognition; Posttraumatic stress disorder

This study investigated cultural differences in levels of autonomous orientation (the tendency to express autonomy and self‐determination) in autobiographical remembering in those with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Trauma survivors with PTSD and without PTSD from individualistic...