Self-Efficacy and Memory Assessment in Elderly: An Exploratory Analysis

It is an exploratory, cross-sectional and quantitative study whose objective was to verify memory and self-efficacy alterations in 110 older adults, with a mean of 70.50 years. We used a sociodemographic questionnaire, a subjective memory perception test, the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Que...

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Autores: Sacramento, Angela Maria, Chariglione, Isabelle Patriciá Freitas Soares, Melo, Gislane Ferreira de, de Cárdenas, Carmen Jansen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/22199
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/22199
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Memory, Self-Efficacy, Aged
Memória, Autoeficácia, Idosos
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Sumario:It is an exploratory, cross-sectional and quantitative study whose objective was to verify memory and self-efficacy alterations in 110 older adults, with a mean of 70.50 years. We used a sociodemographic questionnaire, a subjective memory perception test, the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire, and The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test. The seniors were evaluated in a single moment, individually, for about 60 minutes. The results of the memory test were within the expected standards for age and schooling, with a slightly inferior performance in working memory and negative perception of memory self-efficacy (82.70%). Such performance was associated with subjective memory complaints (99.10%), which can be explained by socio-cultural paradigms negatively linked to the aging process.