Hewitt Lauren Y, Roberts Lynne D
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University , Perth, WA, Australia.
Front Psychol. 2015 May 5;6:516. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00516. eCollection 2015.
People in romantic relationships can develop shared memory systems by pooling their cognitive resources, allowing each person access to more information but with less cognitive effort. Research examining such memory systems in romantic couples largely focuses on remembering word lists or performing lab-based tasks, but these types of activities do not capture the processes underlying couples' transactive memory systems, and may not be representative of the ways in which romantic couples use their shared memory systems in everyday life. We adapted an existing measure of transactive memory systems for use with romantic couples (TMSS-C), and conducted an initial validation study. In total, 397 participants who each identified as being a member of a romantic relationship of at least 3 months duration completed the study. The data provided a good fit to the anticipated three-factor structure of the components of couples' transactive memory systems (specialization, credibility and coordination), and there was reasonable evidence of both convergent and divergent validity, as well as strong evidence of test-retest reliability across a 2-week period. The TMSS-C provides a valuable tool that can quickly and easily capture the underlying components of romantic couples' transactive memory systems. It has potential to help us better understand this intriguing feature of romantic relationships, and how shared memory systems might be associated with other important features of romantic relationships.
处于恋爱关系中的人可以通过集中认知资源来发展共享记忆系统，使每个人能够获取更多信息，同时减少认知努力。研究浪漫情侣中的此类记忆系统主要集中在记忆单词列表或执行基于实验室的任务上，但这些活动类型并未捕捉到情侣互动记忆系统背后的过程，可能也无法代表浪漫情侣在日常生活中使用共享记忆系统的方式。我们改编了一种现有的互动记忆系统测量方法，使其适用于浪漫情侣（TMSS-C），并进行了初步验证研究。共有397名参与者完成了这项研究，他们均表示自己处于一段持续至少3个月的恋爱关系中。数据与情侣互动记忆系统各组成部分预期的三因素结构（专业化、可信度和协调性）拟合良好，有合理证据证明其具有收敛效度和区分效度，还有强有力的证据表明在两周时间内具有重测信度。TMSS-C提供了一个有价值的工具，能够快速、轻松地捕捉浪漫情侣互动记忆系统的潜在组成部分。它有可能帮助我们更好地理解浪漫关系的这一有趣特征，以及共享记忆系统可能如何与浪漫关系的其他重要特征相关联。
