SOCIAL-PROBLEM SOLVING AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY IN NONCLINICAL DEPRESSION

Objectives. We examine the proposal that specific autobiographical mem ories may play a major role in successful social problem solving (SPS) . Design and Methods. Depressed and control students report on the typ es of memories they retrieve while performing an SPS task and a cueing task. Results. The retrieval of specific memories on the cueing task and during SPS was found to be positively related to SPS skill. Conclu sions. Specific memories are important for successful SPS. However, th e relationship between a specific memory deficit and poor SPS is media ted by severity of depression.