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Mental Time Travel in First Degree Relatives of Schizophrenia Patients
Boulanger, Marie; Wagener, Aurélie; Duke, Géraldine et al.
20137th World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
 

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Keywords :
Schizophrenia; Relatives; Autobiographical Memory
Abstract :
[en] Introduction. Genetic and environmental factors are important to explain the causation of schizophrenia. The families’ studies can help us to better understand the genetic influence. Indeed, the cognitive deficits found in the unaffected biological relatives of schizophrenia patients parallel the deficits found in patients. These deficits might be putative endophenotypic markers of schizophrenia, ie. characteristics that mark the presence of a genetic predisposition to a certain disease or disability, in this case, the schizophrenia (Sitskoorn et al., 2004). In this way, previous studies reported that compared to healthy controls (HC), the relatives show cognitive impairments that are similar but milder degree than those of schizophrenia patients (SCh). The deficits affect cognitive functions such as verbal memory, attention and executive function; hence the interests to take into account the endophenotypic markers. To our knowledge, no study has yet assessed the abilities to mental time travel in the relatives despite that this cognitive function is impairment in SCh (Cuervo-Lombard et al., 2007; D’argembeau et al., 2008; Wood and Brewin, 2006). The mental time travel allows individuals both to retrieve past personal autobiographical information and to project into future personal events. Further, it is related to the continuity and the stability of identity, which has also been described as fragmented instable or discontinuous in SCh (Boulanger et al., submitted; deBonis et al., 1995; Nieznanski, 2004). Consequently, the ability to mental time travel could be a relevant endophenotypic marker. Method. 31 SCh, 33 relatives and 31 HC generated both ten past memories and ten future events in response to cue words from TeMA (a French version of AMT). In parallel, they completed cognitive tests, such as the Stroop Color-Word Test, the Trail Making Test, the Digit Span Backward and Forward Test (WAIS-III) and questionnaires which evaluated mood disturbances such as BDI-II and STAI-Y. Finally, participants were asked to respond to a short version of LABEL, which measured identity stability. Results. SCh showed deficits on all measures in comparison to HC. However no significant differences emerged between relatives and HC on measures of time travel. Nevertheless, differences were found for interference score (Stroop-Color-Words Test) and score on part B from TMT, as well as relatives and SCh. Discussion. Despite the fact that the majority of the relatives’ scores on different measures are not significant in comparison to HC and SCh, their results situated between the results of both groups. These results are discussed in the light of previous research.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Boulanger, Marie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Wagener, Aurélie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Duke, Géraldine
Xhenseval, Laure
Van De Woestyne, Mélissa
Blairy, Sylvie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie clinique cognitive et comportementale
Language :
English
Title :
Mental Time Travel in First Degree Relatives of Schizophrenia Patients
Publication date :
23 July 2013
Event name :
7th World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
Event place :
Lima, Peru
Event date :
du 22 juillet 2013 au 25 juillet 2013
Audience :
International
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