Do Momentary Stress and Busyness Predict Naturalistic Prospective Memory Differently in Younger and Older Adults?

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Applied Cognitive Psychology Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI:10.1002/acp.70275

Nicola Ballhausen, Maximilian Haas

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Abstract

Everyday prospective memory (PM), such as remembering medication intake or appointments, is crucial for independence and quality of life, especially in older age. However, little is known about how momentary stress and busyness as contextual factors differentially affect naturalistic PM. Forty younger (18–27 years) and 40 older adults (60–84 years) completed a 14-day ambulatory assessment of various naturalistic PM tasks, alongside time-contingent reports of stress and busyness. Multilevel structural equation modeling revealed within-person effects: stress was related to lower time-based but higher event-based PM, while busyness was related to higher event-based PM and self-assigned intentions. Effects of stress but not busyness were stronger in older adults. Older adults performed comparably to or better than younger adults on most tasks. Importantly, accounting for busyness and stress eliminated age differences in time-based PM. Findings highlight task-specific and differential effects of stress and busyness and demonstrate how their daily fluctuations shape age-related PM.

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短时压力和忙碌对年轻人和老年人自然前瞻记忆的预测不同吗？

日常前瞻记忆（PM），如记住药物摄入或预约，对独立性和生活质量至关重要，尤其是在老年人中。然而，人们对瞬间压力和忙碌作为背景因素如何影响自然主义PM知之甚少。40名年轻人（18-27岁）和40名老年人（60-84岁）完成了为期14天的各种自然PM任务的动态评估，以及随时间变化的压力和忙碌报告。多层次结构方程模型揭示了人内效应：压力与时间基础较低、事件基础较高的PM相关，而忙碌与事件基础较高的PM和自我分配意图相关。压力而非忙碌对老年人的影响更大。在大多数任务中，老年人的表现与年轻人相当或更好。重要的是，考虑到忙碌和压力消除了基于时间的PM的年龄差异。研究结果强调了压力和忙碌对特定任务的不同影响，并展示了它们的日常波动如何影响与年龄相关的PM。

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Applied Cognitive Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

8.30%

发文量

111

期刊介绍： Applied Cognitive Psychology seeks to publish the best papers dealing with psychological analyses of memory, learning, thinking, problem solving, language, and consciousness as they occur in the real world. Applied Cognitive Psychology will publish papers on a wide variety of issues and from diverse theoretical perspectives. The journal focuses on studies of human performance and basic cognitive skills in everyday environments including, but not restricted to, studies of eyewitness memory, autobiographical memory, spatial cognition, skill training, expertise and skilled behaviour. Articles will normally combine realistic investigations of real world events with appropriate theoretical analyses and proper appraisal of practical implications.