Importance Prospective and retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment identify
largely different groups of individuals. However, it is unclear if these measures are …

Cognitive reappraisal is a widely utilized emotion regulation strategy that involves altering
the personal meaning of an emotional event to enhance attention to emotional responses …

Despite the vivid and convincing detail with which people can recollect emotional
experiences from their past, emotional memory is malleable. As time passes, the memories …

Background Increasing an individual's ability to focus on concrete, specific detail, thus
reducing the tendency toward overly broad, decontextualised generalisations about the self …

People suffering from dysphoria retrieve autobiographical memories distorted in content and
affect, which may contribute to the aetiology and maintenance of depression. However, key …

In bereavement, some individuals develop complicated grief reactions (CGR), including
symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and …

Retrospective perceptions of parental bonding may be a protective factor for emotional
health. These perceptions are grounded in autobiographical memory, which plays a key role …

Autistic traits are associated with differential processing of emotional and social cues. By
contrast little is known about the relationship of autistic traits to socio-emotional memory …

People can easily rate and express their current levels of wellbeing, but the cognitive
foundations for such judgments are poorly understood. We examined whether comparisons …

Background History of childhood trauma as a risk factor for alcohol misuse in early
adulthood is very well documented. Given the associations between childhood trauma and …