1990
Self-Awareness Mediates the Relationship Between Serial Position and Item Reliability
Hamilton J, Shuminsky T. Self-Awareness Mediates the Relationship Between Serial Position and Item Reliability. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology 1990, 59: 1301-1307. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.59.6.1301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSerial positionSchema activationMeasures of trait anxietyReliability of test itemsSelf-awareness theoryEffects of attentional focusSelf-schemaTrait anxietyAttentional focusItem responsesSsTest takingTest itemsSelf-awarenessWithin-subject varianceItem reliabilityItemsTest theoryInternal focusAnxietySchemaPersonsTakingImplicationsHypothesis
1989
Depression, Self-Focused Attention, and the Negative Memory Bias
Pyszczynski T, Hamilton J, Herring F, Greenberg J. Depression, Self-Focused Attention, and the Negative Memory Bias. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology 1989, 57: 351-357. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.57.2.351.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNegative memory biasSelf-focused attentionMemory biasDepressed peopleLevels of self-focused attentionDepressed college studentsExperiment 2 findingsSelf-focusingConditions of self-focusingNondepressed SsDepressed SsSelf-schemaDepressed individualsExperiment 1Experiment 2College studentsExternal focusDepressionFindingsBiasRecallPeopleAttentionNegativelyIndividuals