Abstract:
Background: According the past research, the direction and power of the relationship between
suicide ideation and rumination are not clear. So this research assumed that other factors may play a role.
Williams proposed the hypothesis of autobiographical memory Capture and Rumination mechanism
(CaR), one of the idea is, overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM)were used more frequently by the
individuals who had more rumination reaction. But what kind of influence between the autobiographical
memory and rumination? Is autobiographical memory have an effect indirectly? Not only the theory
but also the empirical research is not clear. Aim: To explore the moderating function in the relationship
of suicide ideation and rumination. Participant: 633 undergraduates from freshman to senior college
students in the three universities entered this research project, 278 males ,355 females,17-24 yrs. Research
tools: Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT, Zhang Hongyu, 2012), SSI (Beck Scale for suicidal ideation;
Beck, etc, 1979; Zhang Jie, Song Zhenshao, 2004), the Chinese version of RRS (Rumination Response
Scale) (Zhang hongyu, 2010). Results: Using SPSS15.0 software package, hierarchical regression analysis
was chosen. The results showed that: (1) the autobiographical memory aroused by positive words had
a significant moderating effect of p<0.001 (n=633) between suicide ideation and rumination. (2) The
interaction of autobiographical memory and suicide ideation was negative, it seemed that the influence
was weakened due to the effect of autobiographical memory. (3) No significant effect was found after
investigating the positive or negative characteristics of the recall events, but it was found that the positive
and negative characteristics of the events independently predicted the response of rumination, the
negative events predicted rumination significantly. Conclusion: The autobiographical memory aroused
by positive words was indeed as a moderator between suicidal ideation and rumination, and the level of
overgenerality in autobiographical memory decreased the power of relationship between suicidal ideation
and rumination . It seemed inconsistent with Williams. Rumination was more strongly influenced by
the events in participants memories . However, which is more likely have the effects on rumination, the
overgeneral memory or the specific memory, the further study will be continued in the future.
依据威廉姆斯(Williams)提出的自传体记忆的思维滞留机制理论假设(CaR),通过考察自传体记忆在自杀意念与沉浸关系中的调节作用,探索自杀意向的思维滞留机制。使用SPSS 15.0软件包,采用层级回归方法做数据分析。结果显示:(1)积极词汇的自传体记忆概括性具有显著的调节效应。(2)自传体记忆概括性影响了自杀意念与沉浸的关系。(3)回忆事件的积极和消极特征没有发现显著的调节作用,但事件的积极性和消极性特征独立预测了沉浸,消极事件非常显著地正向预测了沉浸。结论:积极词汇的概括性是作用于自杀意念和沉浸反应之间关系的调节变量,高水平的概括性减弱了自杀意念与沉浸关系的强度,回忆的事件特征更为强烈地影响了沉浸反应。在自杀意念唤起沉浸状态的过程中,自传体记忆的“俘获”作用似乎是有选择的,不同性质线索词的作用相异。