Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2024
Abstract
(1) Background: Cognitive failures, including lapses in attention, memory, and executive functioning, can negatively affect daily performance and well-being. Negative and positive affectivity have been implicated in cognitive functioning, yet their relationship with cognitive failures remains underexplored. This study investigates the impact of positive and negative affect on cognitive failures, using daily diary methods to examine both within-person and between-person associations in a sample of younger adults from Singapore and adults across the lifespan from the United States (US). (2) Methods: Participants (Singapore: N = 253, US: N = 1726) completed daily diaries over seven (Singapore) or eight (US) consecutive days. Multilevel modelling was used to analyse both within- and between-person relationships between affect and cognitive failures, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic variables. (3) Results: In both the Singapore and US samples, negative affect was consistently positively associated with cognitive failures at both levels (SG within-person: β = 0.21, p
Keywords
positive affect, negative affect, cognitive failures, daily diary, multilevel modelling
Discipline
Cognition and Perception | Gerontology | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Brain Sciences
Volume
14
Issue
2
First Page
1
Last Page
17
ISSN
2076-3425
Identifier
10.3390/brainsci14121259
Publisher
MDPI
Citation
GUEVARRA, Ysabel A., MAJEED, Nadyanna M., NUR EVA ALISHA BINTE MOHAMED HISHAM, , & HARTANTO, Andree.(2024). Positive and negative affect differentially predict individual differences and intra-individual changes in daily cognitive failures in younger and older adults. Brain Sciences, 14(2), 1-17.
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Author-CC-BY
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14121259