title: Memory self-efficacy predicts responsiveness to inductive reasoning training in older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In the current study, we assessed the relationship between memory self-efficacy at pretest and responsiveness to inductive reasoning training in a sample of older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed a measure of self-efficacy assessing beliefs about memory capacity. Participants were then randomly assigned to a waitlist control group or an inductive reasoning training intervention. Latent change score models were used to examine the moderators of change in inductive reasoning.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Inductive reasoning showed clear improvements in the training group compared with the control. Within the training group, initial memory capacity beliefs significantly predicted change in inductive reasoning such that those with higher levels of capacity beliefs showed greater responsiveness to the intervention. Further analyses revealed that self-efficacy had effects on how trainees allocated time to the training materials over the course of the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that self-referential beliefs about cognitive potential may be an important factor contributing to plasticity in adulthood.
authors: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820-6990, USA. payne12@illinois.edu
authors: Brennan R
authors: BR
authors: Payne
authors: Joshua J
authors: JJ
authors: Jackson
authors: Patrick L
authors: PL
authors: Hill
authors: Xuefei
authors: X
authors: Gao
authors: Brent W
authors: BW
authors: Roberts
authors: Elizabeth A L
authors: EA
authors: Stine-Morrow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*