Prediction of False Memory Based on Schematic Mindset and Attentional Bias with the Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affect in Patients with Mood Disorders
Keywords:
Mood disorders, false memory, schema mentality, attention bias, positive and negative emotions.Abstract
Objective: The present study aimed to examine the structural model of false memory based on schematic mindsets and attentional bias, with the mediating role of positive and negative affect in patients with mood disorders.
Methodology: The research method was descriptive-correlational, using structural equation modeling (SEM). The statistical population included all male and female patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder who visited psychiatric centers during the 2023–2024 period. From this population, 200 individuals were selected using purposive sampling. Data collection tools included the False Memory Task (Roediger & McDermott, 1995), the Young Schema Questionnaire (Young et al., 2008), the Attention Bias Questionnaire (Woody et al., 1997), and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson et al., 1988). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with SPSS and AMOS software.
Findings: The results indicated that schematic mindsets and attentional bias had both direct and indirect significant effects (through positive and negative affect) on false memory (P < 0.01). Furthermore, negative affect acted as an intensifying factor, while positive affect played a moderating role in the formation of false memory (P < 0.01).
Conclusion: These findings underscore the importance of cognitive and emotional factors in the emergence of memory distortions in mood disorder patients and can inform the development of effective therapeutic interventions aimed at reducing cognitive distortions and enhancing memory performance.
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