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Self-efficacy beliefs and change in cognitive performance
— MacArthur studies of successful aging | | Author(s) | Teresa Seeman, Gail McAvay, Susan Merrill |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 11, no 3, September 1996 |
| Pages | pp 538-551 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Self esteem ; Attitude ; Mathematical models. |
| Annotation | This study uses data from the MacArthur Research Network on Successful Aging Community Study, to test the hypothesis that stronger self-efficacy beliefs predict better maintenance of cognitive performance. Controlling for baseline verbal memory score, and socio-demographic and health status characteristics, structural equation modelling revealed that stronger baseline instrumental efficacy beliefs predicted better verbal memory performance at follow-up among men, but not women. For both men and women, there were no significant associations between either type of self-efficacy beliefs and measures of non-verbal memory, abstraction, or spatial ability. Better abstraction ability was also predictive of increases in instrumental efficacy beliefs among the men. This is consistent with previous research. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971120218 A |
| Classmark | DA: DPA: DP: 3LM |
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