Herholz, H.J. (2024) Replicating the Suppression-Induced Forgetting Effect in Online and In-Person Settings: Interactions with Emotion Regulation and Psychopathy. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The ability to suppress unwanted memories, known as suppression-induced forgetting (SIF), is crucial for mental well-being and is often studied using the Think/No-Think (TNT) task. While prior research has consistently demonstrated less recall of No-Think words compared to Baseline (SIF effect) in laboratory settings, the first online implementation of the TNT task by Wiechert et al. (2023) yielded non-significant findings. Wiechert et al.’s (2023) in-lab replication reported statistically significant results, questioning the SIF effects’ generalizability across different testing conditions. Additionally, past literature suggested a possible relationship of both cognitive control and psychopathy with memory suppression, but exact interactions remain unclear. This study aimed to replicate and extend previous findings by comparing the SIF effect in an online and laboratory context, and investigate its interactions with emotion regulation, as a cognitive control facet, and psychopathy. We implemented Wiechert et al.’s (2023) TNT procedure with n = 108 undergraduate psychology students, evenly split between the online or laboratory condition. Hypotheses predicted a SIF effect in both testing conditions, a positive correlation of the SIF effect with emotion regulation, and a negative correlation with psychopathy. Results of the same probe (SP) test indicated a significant SIF effect only in the laboratory condition, and no significant correlation of the SIF effect with either emotion regulation or psychopathy. These findings question the generalizability of the SIF effect, and we recommend both replication and further examination of our findings to ensure the TNT tasks’ external validity and clarify its relationship with cognitive control and psychopathy
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Wessel, J.P. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2024 07:25 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2024 07:25 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3560 |
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