Turner Jennifer R, Mogle Jacqueline, Hill Nikki, Bhargava Sakshi, Rabin Laura
Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802.
College of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
J Happiness Stud. 2022 Jun;23(5):1991-2008. doi: 10.1007/s10902-021-00481-3. Epub 2021 Dec 2.
Memory lapses are a type of daily challenge that are common to most people and are associated with negative mood outcomes. How daily challenges are associated and linked to broad domains, like life satisfaction and well-being, has been underexamined. Life satisfaction is often assessed from a macro-level that emphasizes average differences over longer timeframes, yet daily experiences (i.e., micro-level) may accumulate to shape these characteristics. In the current study, we examined if daily memory lapses (e.g., difficulties with word-finding or forgetting a meeting) were associated with life satisfaction, and whether this relationship was mediated by the associated changes in positive and negative affect due to daily memory lapses. In a coordinated analysis of two datasets ( = 561, ages 25-93 years), we used multilevel structural equation modeling to assess how daily memory lapses may influence the broader outcome of global life satisfaction. The pattern of results was similar across datasets: memory lapses were associated with reduced positive affect and increased negative affect. Further, the daily affect associated with daily memory lapses significantly mediated the relationship between lapses and life satisfaction, while the direct relationship between memory lapses and life satisfaction was non-significant. This study provides support for the role of daily challenges, specifically memory lapses, influencing broader constructs such as psychological well-being by identifying the key factor of affective responses. Future work should identify other salient daily challenges, as well as explore if reducing the affective response to challenges through targeted interventions would mitigate impacts on distal functioning.
记忆失误是大多数人常见的一种日常挑战，且与负面情绪结果相关。日常挑战如何与诸如生活满意度和幸福感等广泛领域相关联并相互影响，目前尚未得到充分研究。生活满意度通常是从宏观层面进行评估的，该层面强调较长时间范围内的平均差异，但日常经历（即微观层面）可能会累积起来塑造这些特征。在本研究中，我们探究了日常记忆失误（例如，找词困难或忘记会议）是否与生活满意度相关，以及这种关系是否由日常记忆失误所导致的积极和消极情绪的相关变化所介导。在对两个数据集（N = 561，年龄在25 - 93岁之间）进行的协同分析中，我们使用了多层次结构方程模型来评估日常记忆失误如何可能影响全球生活满意度这一更广泛的结果。两个数据集的结果模式相似：记忆失误与积极情绪减少和消极情绪增加相关。此外，与日常记忆失误相关的日常情绪显著介导了失误与生活满意度之间的关系，而记忆失误与生活满意度之间的直接关系并不显著。本研究通过确定情感反应的关键因素，为日常挑战，特别是记忆失误，在影响诸如心理健康等更广泛概念方面的作用提供了支持。未来的研究应该确定其他突出的日常挑战，并探索通过有针对性的干预减少对挑战的情感反应是否会减轻对远期功能的影响。
