Objective: The main goal of this study has been to increase the quality of life in people of
over 60 years through a positive psychology intervention. Method: We employed a program …

There is limited research regarding how executive processes contribute to key cognitive
deficits in depression, particularly impoverished retrieval of autobiographical memory. This …

Intranasal oxytocin has been shown to alter self-perceptions of personality (eg, more
trusting, increased extraversion). To follow up these findings, we examined the acute effects …

Low autobiographical memory specificity has been a commonly recurring phenomenon in
depression. Difficulty in remembering specific details in autobiographical memory tests has …

Background Depression is a debilitating mental health problem that tends to run a chronic,
recurrent course. Even when effectively treated, relapse and recurrence rates remain high …

This study investigated whether overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM) predicts the
course of symptoms of depression and anxiety in a community sample, after 5, 6, 12 and 18 …

Considering the higher prevalence of depression in women than in men, the study of the
variables that underlie this gender difference becomes important for both the prevention and …

Reduced memory specificity is associated with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), and some other forms of psychopathology. Reduced memory specificity is also …

The severity of many psychological disorders is associated with an increasing amount of
different stimuli or situations that elicit a maladaptive response. This is known as the process …

Background and objectives Reduced autobiographical memory specificity (rAMS),
experiencing intrusive memories, and rumination appear to be risk factors for depression …