title: Questionnaire of Memory (Q-MEM): A new measure of everyday memory functioning in school-age children.
abstract: We present a new measure of everyday memory, the Questionnaire of Memory (Q-MEM), which is specifically adapted for the ecological assessment of memory disorders in school-age children and constructed with four sections tapping effortful/intentional learning, automatic/procedural learning, prospective memory/organization, and working memory. Confirmatory Factor Analyses supported the Q-MEM's four-factor structure in 700 five-to twelve-year-old children. The analyses also revealed a good internal reliability and a good test-retest fidelity. Finally, comparisons between Q-MEM profiles of children with learning disabilities and typically developing children revealed significant differences. Therefore, the Q-MEM is a promising measure for identifying memory problems in children.
authors.affiliation: a Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Unit , University of Liège , Liège , Belgium.|b Department of Psychology , University of Aix-Marseille , Marseille , France.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geurten
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , University of Aix-Marseille , Marseille , France.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Majerus
authors.affiliation: c Psychological and Speech Therapy Consultation Center (CPLU) , University of Liège , Liège , Belgium.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lejeune
authors.affiliation: c Psychological and Speech Therapy Consultation Center (CPLU) , University of Liège , Liège , Belgium.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catale
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Children; memory; psychometric properties