Field Nigel P, Thompson Larry W, Gallagher-Thompson Dolores
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, CA 94303, USA.
Memory. 2006 Apr;14(3):297-306. doi: 10.1080/09658210500243747.
This study examined the impact of changes in level of current grief over time on changes in memory for past grief. Following from previous work on the impact of current affective state on memory for past affectively salient events, bereaved individuals who underwent a greater reduction in grief over time were expected to show a similar pattern of changes in memory for past grief. A sample of conjugally bereaved participants completed measures of current grief and memory for past grief at the time of the loss of their spouse at each of the 2, 6, 13, and 30 month post-loss time periods. As predicted, those who reported greater reduction in grief over the course of the study were more likely to remember their past grief as progressively less severe relative to those who underwent less reduction in grief over time. A nonrecursive causal model analysis verified that changes in memory for past grief were explained by changes in current grief. These results were discussed in terms of contemporary reconstructive memory accounts of the effect of affective state on memory.
本研究考察了当前悲伤程度随时间的变化对过去悲伤记忆变化的影响。基于先前关于当前情感状态对过去情感突出事件记忆影响的研究，预计随着时间推移悲伤程度降低幅度更大的丧偶个体，在对过去悲伤的记忆变化上会呈现出类似的模式。一组配偶丧亡的参与者在丧偶后的第2、6、13和30个月的每个时间段，完成了当前悲伤程度以及对过去悲伤记忆的测量。正如预测的那样，与那些随着时间推移悲伤程度降低幅度较小的人相比，在研究过程中报告悲伤程度降低幅度更大的人更有可能记得他们过去的悲伤逐渐减轻。非递归因果模型分析证实，对过去悲伤的记忆变化是由当前悲伤程度的变化所解释的。这些结果依据当代情感状态对记忆影响的重构性记忆理论进行了讨论。
