title: Taiwan version of the prospective and retrospective memory questionnaire: latent structure and normative data.
abstract: The Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) has been reported to have acceptable reliability and a tripartite structure, including a general memory factor and specific Prospective and Retrospective Memory factors. The Taiwanese version of the PRMQ was examined in an adult sample (n = 269, age range: 19-95). The 11-item Taiwanese PRMQ demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.82-0.90) as well as a tripartite structure with one general Episodic Memory factor and one specific Prospective Memory factor. There was no gender effect, but older adults reported better prospective memory performance, and individuals with a higher level of education rated less retrospective memory failure. Preliminary Taiwanese normative data are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yen-Hsuan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Mau-Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hua
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult