The role of cognitive reserve and memory self-efficacy in compensatory strategy use: A structural equation approach
Autor: | Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe, Christa Simon |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Mediation (statistics) Aging Self-Assessment Memory performance 050105 experimental psychology Structural equation modeling Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognitive Reserve Memory Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cognitive reserve Aged Self-efficacy Aged 80 and over Models Statistical 05 social sciences Cognition Middle Aged Moderation Self Efficacy Clinical Psychology Neurology Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 38(6) |
ISSN: | 1744-411X |
Popis: | The use of compensatory strategies plays an important role in the ability of older adults to adapt to late-life memory changes. Even with the benefits associated with compensatory strategy use, little research has explored specific mechanisms associated with memory performance and compensatory strategies. Rather than an individual's objective memory performance directly predicting their use of compensatory strategies, it is possible that some other variables are indirectly influencing that relationship. The purpose of this study was to: (a) examine the moderating effects of cognitive reserve (CR) and (b) evaluate the potential mediating effects of memory self-efficacy on the relationship between objective memory performance and compensatory strategy use.Two structural equation models (SEM) were used to evaluate CR (latent moderator model) and memory self-efficacy (mediator model) in a sample of 155 community-dwelling older adults over the age of 55.The latent variable moderator model indicated that CR was not substantiated as a moderator variable in this sample (p = .861). However, memory self-efficacy significantly mediated the association between objective memory performance and compensatory strategy use (β = .22, 95% confidence interval, CI [.002, .437]). More specifically, better objective memory was associated with lower compensatory strategy use because of its relation to higher memory self-efficacy.These findings provide initial support for an explanatory framework of the relation between objective memory and compensatory strategy use in a healthy older adult population by identifying the importance of an individual's memory perceptions. |
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