Effects of social anxiety and self-schemas on the impact and meaningfulness of positive versus negative social autobiographical memories.

Br J Clin Psychol · 2025 · PMC12057315 · PMID 39282694

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Simple slopes analyses revealed that participants who endorsed stronger positive self‐schemas rated their negative memories as less impactful ( β = −.177, t = −2.286, p = .024), but the impact of positive self‐schemas on positive memories only approached significance ( β = .138, t = 1.800, p = .074), such that positive memories were rated as trending towards being more impactful by those with stronger positive self‐schemas (see Figure 3 ).

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Additionally, though only approaching significance, we found that those with stronger positive self‐schemas rated their positive social memories as more impactful.

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