Negative Evaluation Bias for Positive Self-Referential Information in XXXX .

@entity1 @entity4225
UNASSIGNED: Previous research has suggested that @entity1 meeting criteria for @entity4225 ( @entity4225 ) display altered self-related information processing. However, experimental studies on dysfunctional self-referential information processing in @entity4225 are rare. In this study, @entity4225 @entity1 (N = 30) and healthy control @entity1 (N = 30) judged positive, neutral, and negative words in terms of emotional valence. Referential processing was manipulated by a preceding self-referential pronoun, an other-referential pronoun, or no referential context. Subsequently, @entity1 and @entity1 completed a free recall and recognition task. @entity4225 @entity1 judged positive and neutral words as more negative than healthy control @entity1 when the words had self-reference or no reference. In @entity4225 @entity1 , these biases were significantly correlated with self-reported attributional style, particularly for negative events, but unrelated to measures of depressive mood. However, @entity4225 @entity1 did not differ from healthy control @entity1 in a subsequent free recall task and a recognition task. Our findings point to a negative evaluation bias for positive, self-referential information in @entity4225 . This bias did not affect the storage of information in memory, but may be related to self-attributions of negative events in everyday life in @entity4225 .
