Effects of intentional suppression of recall of unwanted images in repressors and nonrepressors

Main Article Content

Deok-Yong Kim
Dong Hoon Oh
Seok Hyeon Kim
Kwee-Bo Sim
Jang-Han Lee
Cite this article:  Kim, D., Oh, D., Kim, S., Sim, K., & Lee, J. (2013). Effects of intentional suppression of recall of unwanted images in repressors and nonrepressors. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 41(2), 319-326.


Abstract
Full Text
References
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Author Contact

We investigated the ability to suppress recall of visual images, using the think/no-think (TNT) paradigm. Participants were 27 male undergraduates (13 repressors, 14 nonrepressors) who watched video clips of a motorbike accident as we recorded their galvanic skin response (GSR). We then conducted the TNT paradigm using motorbike accident images. Both repressors and nonrepressors recorded higher GSR when watching the video clips than at baseline. Both groups showed greater suppression of imaginary memories in the no-think condition than they did in either the think or the baseline conditions. We found repeated attempts at no-think might be an effective strategy for suppressing imaginary memories and that there were no differences in the ability of repressors and nonrepressors to suppress memory in the imaginary memory condition.

Please login and/or purchase the PDF to view the full article.
Please login and/or purchase the PDF to view the full article.
Please login and/or purchase the PDF to view the full article.
Please login and/or purchase the PDF to view the full article.
Please login and/or purchase the PDF to view the full article.

Article Details

© 2013 Scientific Journal Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.