The present study investigated the influence of depression on memory complaints and performance in a sample of community dwelling older adults (N = 41). Complaints were significantly more frequent in the clinically depressed subsample. However, their actual performance on tests of immediate and delayed recall did not differ significantly from the performance of nondepressed older adults. In addition, results indicated that depressives who responded favorably to a program of psychotherapy demonstrated significant reductions in levels of memory complaints at post-treatment assessment. Implications of these data for further research are discussed.

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There is great variation regarding the concepts of religiosity and spirituality in the psychology of religion literature. In an attempt to clarify these constructs in the general population, 16 college students were recruited for a task of concept mapping to elicit their perceptions of what the designations spiritual person and religious person mean. Many positive character traits were used to describe both religious and spiritual people. However, participants described spiritual people with an emphasis on intellectual activities and inner peace, placing less emphasis on external, physical characteristics than their descriptions of religious people. Broader dimensions underlying participants' descriptions are also discussed.

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