Memory self-efficacy predicts memory performance: results from a 6-year follow-up study.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between memory self-efficacy (MSE) and a 6-year follow-up assessment of memory functioning in a sample of Dutch older adults. MSE was assessed by a Dutch abridged version of the Metamemory in Adulthood questionnaire (MIA; R. A. Dixon, D. F. Hultsch, & C. Hertzog, 1988; C. Hertzog, D. F. Hultsch, & R. A. Dixon, 1989; R. W. H. M. Ponds & J. Jolles, 1996). The total MSE score predicted memory performance at 6 years, as measured by the Visual Verbal Learning Task (VVLT; N. Brand & J. Jolles, 1985). A separate analysis of the different MSE subscales indicated that the MIA Change score was the most salient domain-specific MSE predictor of subsequent memory performance after 6 years. An extreme groups analysis of the MIA Change score revealed a pattern of performance for those who perceived that their memory was worsening, performing less well on the 3 trials of the VVLT when these were readministered at the 6-year follow-up.
Valentijn
Susanne A M
SA
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht 6200 MD, Netherlands. s.valentijn@np.unimaas.nl
Hill
Robert D
RD
Van Hooren
Susan A H
SA
Bosma
Hans
H
Van Boxtel
Martin P J
MP
Jolles
Jelle
J
Ponds
Rudolf W H M
RW
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014796:Visual Perception