Table 2.
The 16 future autobiographical events, eight positive and eight negative, of the young and old model age (in italics the older events, when they were different from the young model events).
| Future autobiographical events |
|---|
| POSITIVE |
| Example. Attend a concert/play |
| Do a master’s degree/computing course |
| Travel to Paris/Italy |
| Having a good time at parties |
| Meet my future partner/my children’s partner |
| Have children/grandchildren |
| Get along with family |
| Buy myself a house/another house |
| Live by myself/independently |
| NEGATIVE |
| Not being able to finish the degree/finish the university courses |
| Fear of not finding a job/my children not finding a job |
| Contracting a serious illness |
| Arguing with my friends |
| Losing my job/cognitive abilities |
| Disappoint my parents/children |
| Death of people close to me |
| Suffer an accident |
| Example. Having problems financially/reaching the end of the month |
Half of the young participants received young model events, whereas the other half received old model events, the same being true for older participants. The retrieval cues for the task of production of own experiences are in bold characters.