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| Affect-related metamemory and memory performance in a population-based sample of older adults | | Author(s) | Cees Jonker, Carolien H M Smits, Dorly J H Deeg |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 23, no 2, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp 115-127 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Performance ; Social surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Research evidence shows that self-efficacy measures of metamemory predict memory performance in older people. Such findings have been based on experimental samples, with studies being carried out in laboratory settings, and not representative of everyday situations. The authors examined metamemory-memory relationship - using the Metamemory in Adulthood Questionnaire (MIA) - in a Netherlands population-based sample of older adults. Memory tests were carried out in respondents' homes, with the individuals informed only about being subject to an extensive interview, not about performing memory tests. Achievement and anxiety, both affect-related MIA subscales, predicted the memory test performance in this study. Results suggest that for older people, motivation and anxiety during testing are more important to memory functioning than self-efficacy dimensions of metamemory. The setting in which memory performance is required appears to affect the kinds of metamemory aspects that influence performance. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971030219 A |
| Classmark | DB: 5H: 3F: 76H |
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