Daily Cognition in the Family Context: The Complex Associations Between Memory Lapses, Family Relationships, and Affect in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The analysis of daily memory lapses is an underutilized approach to understanding daily experiences of cognitive functioning. The present study adopts this approach, with the goals of exploring how the quality of family relationships predicts the frequency of daily memory lapses and moderates the link between daily memory lapses and daily affect.

Research design and methods

We used longitudinal data from the third wave of Midlife in the United States and the National Study of Daily Experiences to assess our research goals. Participants (N = 1,236; Mage = 62.48 years, SD = 10.21, range 43-91; 57% female) completed 8 nightly telephone interviews that included reports of prospective and retrospective memory lapses as well as daily positive and negative

SUBMITTER: Jang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11971686 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature