@article {Brown:2012:0965-8211:374,
title = "The impact of perceived self-efficacy on memory for aversive experiences",
journal = "Memory",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/pmem",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2012",
volume = "20",
number = "4",
publication date ="2012-05-01T00:00:00",
pages = "374-383",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0965-8211",
eissn = "1464-0686",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/pmem/2012/00000020/00000004/art00005",
doi = "doi:10.1080/09658211.2012.667110",
keyword = "Intrusions, Trauma, Memory, Post-traumatic stress, Self-efficacy",
author = "Brown, Adam D. and Joscelyne, Amy and Dorfman, Michelle L. and Marmar, Charles R. and Bryant, Richard A.",
abstract = "Self-efficacy is a key construct underlying healthy functioning and emotional well-being. Perceptions of uncontrollability, unpredictability, and low self-efficacy are consistently associated with negative mental health outcomes, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To test
the causal relation between perceived coping self-efficacy and stress responses we employed a trauma film paradigm in which college students (N=33) viewed a graphic film of the aftermath of a motor vehicle accident following a high (HSE) or low self-efficacy (LSE) induction. Participants
were tested for intrusions, distress, and memory recall for the film over the following 24 hours. LSE participants recalled more central details than HSE participants. Further, HSE participants reported fewer negative intrusions immediately following the film and at 24 hours. These findings
suggest that strategies that increase perceived coping self-efficacy may reduce intrusive recollections of an aversive event, and also reduce the attentional bias associated with remembering aversive stimuli.",
}