Self-efficacy beliefs and change in cognitive performance: MacArthur studies on Successful Aging.

Seeman, Teresa E.; McAvay, Gail; Merrill, Susan Cook; Albert, Marilyn; Rodin, Judith

doi:10.1037/0882-7974.11.3.538

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“…For example, SE can be enhanced by the provision of efficacy information that reflects mastery and vicarious experiences, as well as social persuasion. Previous research has evidenced a relationship between SE and behavioral measures of cognitive performance [1,10,35,53], but the present study extends these findings to behavioral and neuroelectric indices of action monitoring processes.…”

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confidence: 67%

“…One psychosocial factor that has been associated with cognitive health and functioning during older adulthood is self-efficacy (SE; [1,2,9,10,35,53]). SE expectations reflect individuals' beliefs in their capabilities to successfully complete courses of action [4] and are theorized to influence task choice, effort expenditure, and perseverance under aversive stimuli and failure [5].…”

Section: Self-efficacy (Se)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults

Themanson

Hillman

McAuley

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Neurobiology of Aging

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The relationships between self-efficacy (SE), i.e., beliefs in personal capabilities, and behavioral and neuroelectric (i.e., ERN, Pe) indices of action monitoring were investigated in 40 older adults (13 male) during the completion of a flanker paradigm performed under task conditions emphasizing either accuracy or speed. SE relative to task performance during both conditions was assessed prior to each cognitive task. Results indicated that high-SE older adults exhibited larger ERN and Pe amplitudes compared to low-SE older adults under the accuracy instruction condition. Additionally, a moderating effect of SE on the relationship between ERN and post-error response accuracy was revealed in the accuracy condition, with greater ERN amplitude associated with greater post-error accuracy in the high-SE group. No significant relationships were evident between ERN and posterror accuracy in the low-SE group. Further, no significant relationships involving SE were observed in the speed condition. The findings suggest that SE may be related to neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults when task demands require greater attention to action monitoring processes.

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Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults

Themanson

Hillman

McAuley

et al. 2008

Neurobiology of Aging

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“…In the MacArthur study of successful aging, Seeman, Rodin, and Albert (1993) found that efficacy beliefs were associated with cognitive performance for men, but not for women. During longitudinal follow-up, however, Seeman, McAvay, Merrill, Albert, and Rodin (1996) found that self-efficacy beliefs did not predict performance in any cognitive domains, for either men or women. Perrig-Chiello, Perrig, and Stahelin (2000) found that memory self-efficacy predicted memory performance in men greater than 75 years of age; however, in men younger than 75, neuroticism predicted memory performance.…”

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Memory Self-Efficacy and Memory Performance in Older Males

McDougall¹,

Kang²

2003

International Journal of Men's Health

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The study reported here was a secondary analysis of data on 157 males from a larger study of predictors of memory performance in community-dwelling elders. The males' average age was 76 years, with 13 years of education and a Mini-Mental State Exam score of 26. Measures included depression, memory performance, metamemory, and memory self-efficacy. An unusual finding was the multimodal distribution of memory self-efficacy strength scores. Using a median split, the sample was divided into low and high memory self-efficacy groups. The high efficacy group were significantly younger, had larger scores on capacity (+ = high capacity) and change (+ = greater stability). These findings provide new evidence that the memory self-efficacy of aging males influences their perceptions of cognitive performance related to memory.Keywords memory performance; gender difference; aging males; self-efficacy Data from the Health and Retirement study published in Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well Being suggest that in every age cohort older than 65 years, a higher percentage of males than females have moderate or severe memory impairment, defined as four or fewer words recalled out of 20 (Federal Interagency Forum of Aging-Related Statistics, 2000). In both crosssectional and longitudinal studies of memory performance, males performed worse than females and had larger performance decrements (Barrett-Connor & Kritz-Silverstein, 1999;Zelinski, Gilewski, & Schaie, 1993). In one study healthy older males had lower scores on selfreported memory function than females (McDougall, 1998a). In another study of nursing home residents, McDougall (1998b) found scores on the capacity and change metamemory scales were significantly lower in the group with mixed depression and cognitive impairment when compared to a group with cognitive impairment and no depression. This phenomenon of compromised thinking, anxiety, and decreased confidence in memory has been described as mental frailty by McDougall and Balyer (1998) and sense of control by Lachman, Steinberg, and Trotter (1987) and Lachman and Leff (1989). Palmer, Wolkenstein, LaRue, Swan, and Smalley (1994) found that in 6% of a sample of community males (N = 1149), memory performance scores were low enough to be classified as risk for dementia. Larrabee and Crook (1993), who examined 417 male-female pairs, found that males had greater age-associated atrophy of the left hemisphere than women; however, this difference was not manifested in everyday verbal memory. Magnetic resonance imaging studies have also found greater atrophy and shrinkage in the brain structures of men than in the brains of women (Coffey et al., 1998;Larkin, 1998;Palmer et al., 1994 Risk Factors Thought to Contribute to a Decrease in Memory Performance Memory ComplaintsMemory complaints are the subjective aspect of cognitive function and may be related to memory performance in older adults, but findings about this relationship are inconclusive (Comijs, Deeg, Dik, Twisk, & Jonker, 2002;Commissaris, Ponds, & Jol...

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“…In most cases, the strength of this relationship is relatively modest (see , but increases with increasing task familiarity and experience (e.g., Berry et al, 1989;Cavanaugh & Poon, 1989). Similar relationships between beliefs and memory have also been observed in longitudinal studies (e.g., Johannsson, Allen-Burge, & Zarit, 1997;Lane & Zelinski, 2003;McDonald-Miszczak et al, 1995;Seeman et al, 1996), with higher control/self-efficacy beliefs at initial testing associated with better performance or maintenance of ability at later times of test. In addition, those older adults with higher self-efficacy beliefs have also been found to benefit more from memory training (Rebok & Balcerak, 1989).…”

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Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry

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Self-efficacy beliefs and change in cognitive performance: MacArthur studies on Successful Aging.

Cited by 99 publications

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Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults

Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults

Memory Self-Efficacy and Memory Performance in Older Males

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