A study on characteristics of older adults' beliefs about age-related memory changes across the adult life span.

本研究的目的是探讨老年人对自己和他人的年龄相关记忆变化的信念的特点。特别是，该研究考察了他们的信念如何与1）他们在日常情景和各种记忆测试中的记忆表现，2）他们关于记忆的内隐理论，以及3）关于健康和认知老化的社会信息。原始问卷包括询问上述信息的项目和各种认知测试，被施用于三个年龄组：99名年轻人（19-25岁），97名中年人（38-55岁）和104名老年人（63-75岁）。数据正在统计分析中。

The objective of this study is to explore characteristics of older adults' beliefs about age-related memory changes for self and others across the adult life span. Especially, the study examines how their beliefs relate with 1) their memory performance in everyday situation and various memory tests, 2) their implicit theory about memory, and 3) social information about health and cognitive aging. The original questionnaires including items asking about the above information and various cognitive tests were administered to the three age groups : 99 young(19-25 years), 97 middle-aged(38-55 years), and 104 older(63-75 years) adults. The data is under statistical analyses.