The previous study was to mainly investigate the the differences in different types of
positive event memory among individuals of different genders with and without broken love. A mixed
experimental design of 2 (gender: male, female) × 2 (broken love experience: with, without) × 3 (picture
type: love-related, love-unrelated and neutral) was adopted. The task was to let males and females with
or without broken love experience remember three pictures and then perform the recognition task.
When individuals without broken love experience, both males and females did not have the same ability
to remember neutral pictures, positive pictures related to love, and unrelated to love. However, love
breaking individuals of different genders will change the memory pattern of related events, so that the
memory effect of different genders on the positive events unrelated to love will be worse. The influence of
individual’s internal characteristics on positive events is influenced by individual’s negative experiences,
and this influence will vary with different positive events.