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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Older adults commonly experience age-associated memory changes.
  • While dementia is studied, minor memory failures' impact on relationships is less understood.
  • Daily frustrations from memory lapses may negatively affect marital dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the daily relationship between memory failures, negative affect, and marital interactions in older couples.
  • To investigate how memory failures influence daily marital quality over time.
  • To explore both between-person and within-person effects.

Main Methods:

  • A 14-day daily diary study with 191 couples.
  • Dyadic multivariate multilevel structural equation modeling.
  • Assessed daily memory failures, negative affect, and positive/negative marital interactions.

Main Results:

  • Between-person memory failures correlated with negative affect.
  • Negative affect linked to reduced positive and increased negative marital interactions for husbands.
  • Negative affect linked to increased negative marital interactions for wives.
  • Within-person memory failures predicted subsequent negative affect in husbands.
  • Indirect effects of memory failures on marital quality via negative affect were significant for wives.

Conclusions:

  • Daily memory failures can have lasting negative effects on marital interactions through negative affect.
  • Understanding these microlongitudinal pathways is crucial for supporting older adults' relationships.
  • Interventions could target managing negative affect stemming from memory lapses.