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Memory self-efficacy predicts memory performance: Results from a 6-year follow-up study.

2006; American Psychological Association; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.165

1939-1498

Susanne A.M. Valentijn, Robert D. Hill, Susan A. H. van Hooren, Hans Bosma, Martin P.J. van Boxtel, Jelle Jolles, Rudolf Ponds,

Identity, Memory, and Therapy

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.