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Dissertation
Self-perception of memory confidence among individuals with anxiety disorders: a comparison of obsessive-compulsive disorder and social phobia
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University
Aug 2002
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00008768
Abstract
Investigations examining memory functioning among individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and social phobia (SP) have yielded divergent findings. Confidence in memory ability among those with OCD has been demonstrated to be poor relative to comparison groups, and there is some indication that this may be true for individuals with SP. The present study was conducted in order to further examine memory confidence among individuals with anxiety disorders. Thirty-one participants with OCD, twenty-nine with SP, and a comparison group of thirty-two individuals without anxiety (NAC) were recruited for this study. Two memory measures, the Inventory of Everyday Memory Experiences and the Memory Self-Efficacy Questionnaire were utilized. It was hypothesized that persons with OCD would report greater incidence of forgetting and poorer self-perception of memory ability in comparison to the SP and the NAC groups. It was further hypothesized that the SP group would not significantly differ from the NAC group. However, analyses revealed that individuals with SP demonstrated poorer self-perception of ability on more than half of the memory measure subscales compared to the NAC group, whereas the OCD group significantly differed from the NAC group on one third of the subscales. In addition, the two clinical groups did not differ significantly from one another on any of the subscales. After applying a second set of exclusion criteria to control for comorbidity of anxiety between the two clinical groups, significant differences between the SP and the NAC group remained, but the significant differences between the OCD and NAC groups disappeared. Clinical implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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- Title
- Self-perception of memory confidence among individuals with anxiety disorders
- Creators
- Jacqueline M. Zarro
- Awarding Institution
- Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- ix, 154 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Clinical and Health Psychology [Historical]; Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University (1993-1996, 1998-2002); College of Nursing and Health Professions (2000-2002)
- Other Identifier
- 991021888844604721