a Department of Gerontology, and the Center for Research and Study of Aging , University of Haifa , Haifa , Israel.
Aging Ment Health. 2019 Feb;23(2):272-276. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2017.1399350. Epub 2017 Nov 10.
The association between memory performance and self-rated memory is yet to be understood. More specifically, little is known about the factors that lie at the base of self-evaluations of memory in relation to actual changes in memory. In this study, we suggest that subjective age modifies the effect of objective change in memory on self-rated memory.
We used two waves of the Health and Retirement Study (N = 4624) to examine whether subjective age moderates the effect of experienced changes in memory between T1 and T2 on self-rated memory at T2.
Our results suggest that subjective age is a significant moderator of the effect of change in memory on self-rated memory. The effect is weaker among those with younger subjective age, and stronger for those with older subjective age.
While preserving a young subjective age is usually considered an adaptive strategy, it also has potential negative effects, masking changes in memory performance.
记忆表现与自我记忆评价之间的关系尚不清楚。更具体地说，对于自我评估记忆与记忆实际变化之间的基础因素知之甚少。在这项研究中，我们提出主观年龄会改变记忆客观变化对自我记忆评价的影响。
我们使用健康与退休研究的两个波次（N=4624），来检验在 T1 到 T2 期间记忆体验变化对 T2 时自我记忆评价的影响是否受到主观年龄的调节。
我们的结果表明，主观年龄是记忆变化对自我记忆评价影响的一个重要调节因素。在主观年龄较小的人群中，这种影响较弱，而在主观年龄较大的人群中，这种影响较强。
虽然保持年轻的主观年龄通常被认为是一种适应性策略，但它也可能产生潜在的负面影响，掩盖记忆表现的变化。
