'It is nothing more than a senior moment': the moderating role of subjective age in the effect of change in memory on self-rated memory.
Aging Ment Health
; 23(2): 272-276, 2019 02.
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| ID: mdl-29125316
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The association between memory performance and self-rated memory is yet to be understood. More specifically, little is known about the factors that lie at the base of self-evaluations of memory in relation to actual changes in memory. In this study, we suggest that subjective age modifies the effect of objective change in memory on self-rated memory.METHOD:
We used two waves of the Health and Retirement Study (N = 4624) to examine whether subjective age moderates the effect of experienced changes in memory between T1 and T2 on self-rated memory at T2.RESULTS:
Our results suggest that subjective age is a significant moderator of the effect of change in memory on self-rated memory. The effect is weaker among those with younger subjective age, and stronger for those with older subjective age.CONCLUSION:
While preserving a young subjective age is usually considered an adaptive strategy, it also has potential negative effects, masking changes in memory performance.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Envelhecimento
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Autoavaliação Diagnóstica
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Transtornos da Memória
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article