Within-person associations between alcohol use and memory lapses among middle-aged and older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alcohol use has been linked to impairment in both short- and long-term measures of objective memory. However, limited research has investigated the association between alcohol use and subjective memory in everyday life. The study purpose was to investigate within- and between-person associations between daily alcohol use and prospective (i.e., forgetting an intended task) and retrospective (i.e., forgetting something learned in the past) memory lapses among middle-aged and older adults.

Methods

Participants (n = 925; M_age  = 55.2) were non-abstaining adults from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study or the MIDUS Refresher who participated in an 8-day telephone diary asking about their daily experiences.

Results

Multilevel models reveal

SUBMITTER: Miller SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10796843 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature