Objective: In order to explore the hypothesis of the role of emotional
gateway theory, this research explored the effect the specific autobiographical memory
and general autobiographical memory of suicidality among undergraduates, to
investigate the changes of rumination and emotional responses of suicidality. Methods:
SSI scale was used to select suicidal ideation as subjects to general and specific
memory of autobiographical memory by autobiographical memory priming method,
and to compare the changes of rumination state and mood level of the two recollection
methods. Results: The results show that the specific memory group has more
rumination reaction than the general memory group, but only has a border significant
difference in the evaluation of the rumination, and the two groups have a tendency
to decrease, the anxiety is reduced, the depression and the sadness reaction increase,
but the difference in the degree of change did not reach a significant level.Conclusion:
There is no significant difference between specific memories and general memories.
However, specific autobiographical memory is likely to have an effect on evaluative rumination, but it is not obvious for experiential rumination, which is more closely
related to emotion. There is no theory that supports CaR and FA mechanism, and the
existing theories can not fully explain the emotional mechanism of suicidal ideation.
This study proposes different stage mechanism models in the recall process of suicidal
ideation, but further research is needed.