本研究旨在探討大學生回憶自傳體記憶與生命意義感的關係,採用問卷調查法,以廣州市459名大學生為樣本,測量自傳體記憶的特徵、自傳體記憶的功能,以及擁有生命意義、追尋生命意義的水平。研究結果顯示:(1)高質量的自傳體記憶特徵顯著正向預測擁有生命意義和追尋生命意義,並且顯著正向預測自傳體記憶的功能;(2)自傳體記憶的自我連續功能和社會連結功能在自傳體記憶特徵和追尋生命意義之間起到中介作用,而在自傳體記憶特徵和擁有生命意義之間的中介作用不顯著;(3)自傳體記憶的問題解決功能在自傳體記憶特徵和追尋生命意義之間起到中介作用,並且在自傳體記憶特徵和擁有生命意義之間亦起到中介作用。依據上述結果,本研究對教育工作者開展生命教育提出相關建議。
The present study aimed to examine how university students' retrieval of their autobiographical memories would be associated with meaning in life. A total of 459 students in Guangzhou City completed a survey about their characteristics of autobiographical memory, functions of autobiographical memory, and their levels of presence of meaning and search for meaning. Results showed that: (a) the high-quality characteristics of autobiographical memory positively predicted the presence of and search for meaning, as well as the functions of autobiographical memory; (b) the self-continuity and social-bonding functions of autobiographical memory mediated the effect of autobiographical memory characteristics on the search for meaning, but they did not mediate the effect on the presence of meaning; (c) the directing-behavior function of autobiographical memory mediated the effect of autobiographical memory characteristics on the search for meaning, as well as the effect on the presence of meaning. The implications of the current findings in life education were discussed.