Cappeliez Philippe, O'Rourke Norm
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 11 Marie Curie Street, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2006 Jul;61(4):P237-44. doi: 10.1093/geronb/61.4.p237.
This study addresses the adaptive value of functions of reminiscence with respect to physical and mental health in later life. A model examining the relationships between the functions of reminiscence and life satisfaction, psychiatric distress, and health is presented and tested. Self-positive (reminiscence for Identity, Death Preparation, and Problem Solving) and self-negative (reminiscence for Boredom Reduction, Bitterness Revival, and Intimacy Maintenance) functions have statistically significant and direct associations with the well-being of this sample of older adults, the first positively and the second negatively. Prosocial functions (reminiscence for Conversation, and to Teach-Inform Others) appear to have no direct link with health. Self-functions appear to have an important and lasting influence on physical and mental health, whereas prosocial functions may affect health by means of their role in emotional regulation.
本研究探讨了晚年回忆功能对身心健康的适应性价值。提出并检验了一个考察回忆功能与生活满意度、精神痛苦和健康之间关系的模型。自我积极功能（身份认同回忆、死亡准备回忆和问题解决回忆）和自我消极功能（减少无聊回忆、痛苦重现回忆和维持亲密关系回忆）与该老年样本的幸福感具有统计学上的显著直接关联，前者呈正相关，后者呈负相关。亲社会功能（交谈回忆和教导他人回忆）似乎与健康没有直接联系。自我功能似乎对身心健康有重要且持久的影响，而亲社会功能可能通过其在情绪调节中的作用来影响健康。
