Shi Liangzi, Brown Norman R
Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
College of New Caledonia, Prince George, BC, Canada.
Front Psychol. 2021 Aug 11;12:727524. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727524. eCollection 2021.
The present study examined the beliefs about two types of important life transitions: transitions that are consistent with the cultural life script (e.g., getting married) and transitions that diverge from it (e.g., relocating). Data were collected from two conditions: individuals in the experienced condition only responded to transitions they had experienced; individuals in the hypothetical condition provided ratings only for transitions they had not experienced. Participants rated the likelihood and typical age of occurrence, importance, transitional impact, and valence for an individualized set of condition-appropriate events. We found that script-consistent events were considered more normative and positive than script-divergent events. The two types of events, however, differed little in terms of importance or transitional impact. We conclude by arguing that although script-consistent and script-divergent transitions have much in common from a mnemonic perspective, the distinction is still warranted in the context of lifetime planning and evaluation.
与文化生活脚本一致的转变（例如结婚）和与之背离的转变（例如搬家）。数据从两种情况中收集：处于经历过的情况的个体只对他们经历过的转变做出反应；处于假设情况的个体只对他们未经历过的转变给出评分。参与者对一组适合各自情况的事件的发生可能性、典型发生年龄、重要性、转变影响和效价进行评分。我们发现，与脚本一致的事件比与脚本背离的事件被认为更具规范性和积极性。然而，这两种类型的事件在重要性或转变影响方面差异不大。我们的结论是，虽然从记忆的角度来看，与脚本一致和与脚本背离的转变有很多共同之处，但在终身规划和评估的背景下，这种区分仍然是有必要的。
