Hill Robert D, van Boxtel M P J, Ponds R, Houx P J, Jolles J
Department of Eduational Psychology, University of Utah, 84112, USA.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2005 May;20(5):429-35. doi: 10.1002/gps.1300.
A Dutch translation of the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) was used to measure Positive Affect (PA) and its relationship to episodic memory in a sample of Dutch adults between the ages of 40 to 82 years. Specifically, the role of PA was examined as a predictor of performance on a serial list learning task that included a recognition and free recall component.
Participants were divided into two age groupings representing middle-age (40 to 64 years) and older (65 to 82 years) adults with respect to the study sample.
PA was not related to recognition performance in either age grouping. In the older age group, however, PA predicted free recall.
PA facilitated episodic memory in older adults when unsupported tasks conditions were present that placed heavy demands on processing resources.
使用积极和消极情绪量表(PANAS)的荷兰语翻译版本,对40至82岁的荷兰成年人样本中的积极情绪(PA)及其与情景记忆的关系进行测量。具体而言,研究了PA作为包含识别和自由回忆成分的系列列表学习任务表现预测指标的作用。
就研究样本而言,参与者被分为两个年龄组,分别代表中年(40至64岁)和老年(65至82岁)成年人。
在两个年龄组中,PA均与识别表现无关。然而,在老年组中,PA可预测自由回忆。
当存在对加工资源要求较高的无支持任务条件时,PA有助于老年人的情景记忆。