246 research outputs found
Meanings of ageing and old age: Discursive contexts, social attitudes and personal identities
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What is the problem? A Taxonomy of Life Problems and their Relation to Subjective Well-Being in Middle and Late Adulthood
Full text linkelderly, life problems, middle-age, subjective well-being,
Emotional expression in oral history narratives: comparing results of automated verbal and nonverbal analyses
Full text linkAudiovisual collections of narratives about war-traumas are rich in descriptions of personal and emotional experiences which can be expressed through verbal and nonverbal means. We complement a commonly used verbal analysis with a nonverbal one to study emotional developments in narratives. Using automatic text, vocal, and facial expression analysis we found that verbal emotional expressions do not correspond much to nonverbal ones. This observation may have important implications for the way narratives traditionally are being studied. We aim to understand how different modes of narrative expression relate to each other, and to enrich digital audiovisual interview collections with emotion-oriented tags
How do views on aging affect health outcomes in adulthood and late life? Explanations for an established connection
No full textWurm S, Diehl M, Kornadt A, Westerhof GJ, Wahl H-W. How do views on aging affect health outcomes in adulthood and late life? Explanations for an established connection. Developmental Review. 2017;46:27-43
The features of autobiographical memory roles: A multilevel approach
No full textPeople cannot remember everything that happened in their lifetime; they forget many past experiences. Instead, people are likely to recall autobiographical memories that are important to them. This thesis examined what features distinguish memories that serve specific roles from others with less pronounced roles, and help find these memories in a bigger pool of remembered past experiences. This thesis studied multiple memory roles and various characteristics that could describe them. I assumed that information from a single level cannot provide a complete look into memory role features. For this reason, this thesis focused on multivariate and multilevel ways of analyzing memory roles and their features.
Studies 1 and 2 investigated how the role of memory centrality is associated with memory characteristics, such as valence, intensity, recency, vividness, rehearsal, and individual characteristics, such as age, self-concept clarity, rumination, and reflection. Study 3 investigated how memory roles of self-continuity, social, and directive uses are related to memory valence and intensity. Specifically, we looked at concurring memory roles and compared their relationship to positive and negative valence with their relationship to neutral valence, and the intensity of positive and negative memories. Study 4 examined what roles memories of a lost loved one have in the specific context of bereavement. We examined how feelings of grief, personal growth postloss, and memory characteristics, such as valence, intensity, and recency, are related to the memory roles of reflection, rumination, socialization, death preparation, and intimacy maintenance.
The studies in this thesis showed that memories that have a role in people’s lives are more emotionally intense and are closer in time. While people favor more positive information, this tendency is associated with people’s age, the intensity of the memories, and the balance between positivity and negativity. However, the information regarding memories that have a role does not stop here. This thesis consistently demonstrated that memory characteristics are not uniform across people and people present with substantial variation. Various individual features were significantly related to memory roles: participant’s age, self-concept clarity, reflective self-focus, feelings of grief, and personal growth postloss.
This thesis examined the mechanisms behind recalling significant autobiographical memories. Importantly, this thesis introduced various characteristics that describe memory roles, and proposed that future research could consider information on memory and individual levels to fully appreciate the significant autobiographical memories
Technologies to remember or forget?: A perspective from reminiscence and life review
Full text linkThis paper addresses recent technological developments in altering or even erasing memories. From a critical perspective these technologies are seen as artificial as they disrupt identities and true happiness. This basically resonates with the value attributed to remembering in the field of reminiscence and life review. From a proponent perspective it is argued that technologies have always been used to filter our memories and thereby support the dynamics of identity development. This position is consistent with a more dynamic view of reminiscence and life review that also takes different attitudes towards remembering and forgetting into account. The last part of the paper combines both perspectives in an evaluation of the use of propranolol, a drug that might contribute to willful forgetting under specific conditions. This evaluation also raises new questions for the field of reminiscence and life review
The Complete Mental Health Model: The Social Distribution of Mental Health and Mental Illness in the Dutch Population
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