Reference : Remembering positive and negative life events: Associations with future time perspect...
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Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Multidisciplinary, general & others
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/2843
Remembering positive and negative life events: Associations with future time perspective and functions of autobiographical memory
English
Leist, Anja[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Ferring, Dieter[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
[en] autobiographical memory ; life review ; future time perspective ; distribution of memories across the life span ; reminiscence bump
[en] We examined distributions of remembered negative and positive life events across the lifespan in a sample of adults in middle and old age. Distributions of positive, but not negative, life events showed a significant reminiscence bump, replicating earlier findings. Gender differences occurred with respect to distribution of memories of positive life events of the first four decades of life. Furthermore, we found substantial associations of number and valence of remembered life events with future time perspective and functions of autobiographical memory to create meaning, which remained significant after controlling for age and health. The number and valence of negative and positive life events across the lifespan reflect, to a certain extent, the age and time perspective of the remembering individual.