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

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 165-172

  Valentijn, Susanne A M ^a   Hill, Robert D ^b   Van Hooren, Susan A H ^a   Bosma, Hans ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a   Ponds, Rudolf W H M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Longitudinal; Memory; Memory self efficacy; Metamemory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; METAMEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747056553     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.2.165     Document Type: Article

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