PMID: 15385869Sep 24, 2004Paper

Memory self-efficacy and memory performance among black and white elders

Nursing Research
G J McDougall

Abstract

The ability to differentiate between normal functioning and pathologic changes in cognitive aging will be enhanced by descriptive studies providing data from diverse samples of older adults. In this study, demographics, depression, health, memory self-efficacy, and metamemory were studied in relation to the memory performance of Black and White American older adults. Community-living adults participated in face-to-face interviews in their apartments or homes. Trained registered nurse interviewers administered all structured questionnaires (subjective) and performance tests (objective), including the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, Pearson correlations, and hierarchical regression were used in the analyses. The sample consisted of 89 Black and 83 White adults (mean age, 76.52 years), and their Mini-Mental State Examination scores were in the nonimpaired range. The memory self-efficacy scores of the entire sample were low (M = 31.95 +/- 18.20). The Black elders scored lower on memory self-efficacy and memory performance. Memory self-efficacy predicted memory performance in the White group (r [83] =.41; p < or =.05), but the correlation for the Black group was nonsignificant (...Continue Reading

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