The Memory Representations of the Most Negative Life Event in Female Undergraduates : The relationships with dissociative tendency

The present study examined the relationships among dissociation experience, adult children tendency, the memory representations of the most negative life event, and the psychological impact of the event. The Dissociative Experience Scale（Tanabe & Ogawa, 1992），the Adult Children Scale（Moroi, 2007），the Psychological Impact of the Life Event Questionnaire（Moroi et al., 2013），and the Memory Representation Scale（Otabe, 2011）were administered to female undergraduates（N＝241）. By factor analysis（Maximum likelihood estimation with promax rotations）for the Memory Representation Scale, three factors were extracted ; Negativity of verbally accessible memories, situationally accessible memories, and degree of verbalization. According to a series of regression analyses（stepwise method）and the structural equation model analyses（Amos 22.0.0）, the psychological impact of the most negative life event was significantly influenced by negativity of verbally accessible memories and situationally accessible memories. The relationship between dissociative tendency and the psychological impact of the life event was mediated by situationally accessible memories. The significance of this research was discussed from the point of view of clinical treatment.原著論