Do chronically high‐lonely individuals exhibit specific memory biases when recalling past social episodes? We explored negative memory biases, focusing on the recall of unfavourable social experiences and social memory biases, emphasizing the recall of social experiences irrespective of emotional valence. We conducted a dictionary‐based semantic analysis of autobiographical episodes obtained from 4095 participants via four datasets. Participants recalled a positive, negative or emotionally neutral episode from their recent past. High‐lonely individuals predominantly exhibited a decline in recalling positive social episodes, providing partial support for negative memory biases. However, both high‐ and low‐lonely individuals were similarly inclined to recall negative social episodes. These results suggest that the primary issue among high‐lonely individuals is the limited recall of positive social experiences rather than the general negativity in memory biases or the hypersensitivity to general social memories.

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孤独与社会情感记忆


长期高度孤独的人在回忆过去的社交事件时是否会表现出特定的记忆偏差？我们探讨了负面记忆偏差，重点关注对不利社会经历和社会记忆偏差的回忆，强调对社会经历的回忆，而不考虑情绪效价。我们对通过四个数据集从 4095 名参与者获得的自传情节进行了基于字典的语义分析。参与者回忆起最近一段积极、消极或情绪中性的经历。高度孤独的人在回忆积极的社交事件方面主要表现出下降，这为消极记忆偏差提供了部分支持。然而，高度孤独和低度孤独的人都同样倾向于回忆负面的社交事件。这些结果表明，高度孤独的人的主要问题是对积极的社会经历的回忆有限，而不是记忆偏差中的普遍消极性或对一般社会记忆的过敏。