Subjective Memory Complaints in young and older healthy people: Importance of anxiety, positivity, and cortisol indexes

Zapater-Fajarí, Mariola; Crespo-Sanmiguel, Isabel; Pérez, Vicente M. Simón; Hidalgo, Vanesa; Salvador, Alicia

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2022.111768

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“…In contrast, evidence in young adults is more ambiguous regarding affective symptoms. While Zapater-Fajarí et al (2022) found an association of anxiety with more memory complaints, Pearman (2009) only found self-rated health and not depressiveness to be predictive of memory complaints. This is supported by findings indicating that memory satisfaction and self-rated ability is associated with general physical and mental well-being in young and middle-aged adults (Csábi et al, 2023) and quality of life in older adults (Maki et al, 2014).…”

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Neuropsychiatric symptoms and metamemory across the lifespan—Psychometric properties of the German Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ)

Rekers,

Heine,

Thöne-Otto

et al. 2024

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Objective:We assessed psychometric properties and established normative data for the German Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ) and analyzed its association with neuropsychiatric factors across the lifespan to provide a validated metamemory assessment for a German-speaking population.Method:The three MMQ scales (memory satisfaction, self-rated ability, and strategy application) were translated into German, considering cultural, linguistic, and conceptual aspects. To validate the MMQ and assess associations with neuropsychiatric factors, the Complainer Profile Identification, Geriatric Depression Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Short-Form-Health Survey were applied in an online study in 336 healthy participants with follow-up after eight months.Results:Psychometric evaluation of the German MMQ showed normal distribution of all scales and good to excellent validity, internal consistency, and retest reliability. We provide percentiles and normative data for z-score conversion. Importantly, even subclinically elevated scores in depressiveness and anxiety were associated with decreased memory satisfaction and self-rated ability. Furthermore, although the influence of age on the German MMQ scales was minimal, effects of neuropsychiatric factors such as sleep quality, anxiety, and depressiveness on MMQ Satisfaction and Ability varied across the lifespan.Conclusions:Our study provides a validated German translation of the MMQ with normative data and reliability measures, including reliable change scores. We show the impact of neuropsychiatric factors on the MMQ scales across the lifespan and emphasize the relevance of a multifactorial approach to metamemory as a measure of individualized everyday functionality and the importance of including neuropsychiatric factors into both research and clinical assessments of metamemory.

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Neuropsychiatric symptoms and metamemory across the lifespan—Psychometric properties of the German Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ)

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Heine,

Thöne-Otto

et al. 2024

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“…Participants were also asked a question about the presence of a stressful life event or an important change in their habits during the past year, such as becoming independent from their parents, the appearance of a major disease, an accident, or any other event they subjectively felt had significantly affected them. Those who reported any event they subjectively experienced as stressful were excluded from participating in the study, given that stress and stress-related factors have been related to SMCs (Fiocco et al, 2006;Peavy et al, 2013;Zapater-Fajarí et al, 2022). As in other studies with non-clinical samples of young individuals (Loprinzi et al, 2019;Mecacci et al, 2004;Molina-Rodriguez et al, 2016;Montenegro et al, 2013;Pearman, 2009;Pellicer-Porcar et al, 2014), we did not use a cognitive screening measure to determine study inclusion.…”

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Subjective memory complaints in young people; their relationship with objective cognitive performance and the role of neuroticism

Crespo-Sanmiguel,

Zapater-Fajarí,

Garrido-Chaves

et al. 2024

An. psicol.

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Perceptions of recurrent forgetfulness or episodes of distraction in daily life are referred to as subjective memory complaints (SMCs). Their nature has been extensively studied in older adults, but their significance and relationship with neurocognitive performance have not been fully addressed in younger adults. Some psychological traits have been suggested as possible moderators of the association between objective and subjective memory performance. The first aim of this study was to analyze the correspondence between the objective and subjective perception of memory failures in young people. Second, we studied whether the psychological trait of neuroticism could be influencing this relationship. To do this, we measured SMCs, different cognitive domains (episodic and working memory and executive functions), and neuroticism in 80 young men and women. Results showed that only immediate episodic memory was statistically related to SMCs. Interestingly, the negative relationships between objective and subjective memory performance only appeared in participants with higher neuroticism. Thus, memory complaints reported by young people could reflect poorer immediate episodic memory performance, whereas neuroticism would play a main role in the association between memory deficits and SMCs. This study provides data that can help to better understand SMCs in young people. Las percepciones de olvidos recurrentes o episodios de distracción en la vida diaria se denominan quejas subjetivas de memoria (QSM). Su naturaleza se ha estudiado ampliamente en adultos mayores, pero su importancia y relación con el rendimiento neurocognitivo no se han abordado por completo en adultos más jóvenes. Se han sugerido algunos rasgos psicológicos como posibles moderadores de la asociación entre el rendimiento de la memoria objetiva y subjetiva. El primer objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la correspondencia entre la percepción objetiva y subjetiva de los fallos de memoria en jóvenes. En segundo lugar, estudiamos si el rasgo psicológico del neuroticismo podría estar influyendo en esta relación. Para ello, medimos QSM, diferentes dominios cognitivos (memoria episódica y de trabajo y funciones ejecutivas) y neuroticismo en 80 hombres y mujeres jóvenes. Los resultados mostraron que solo la memoria episódica inmediata estaba estadísticamente relacionada con los QSM. Curiosamente, las relaciones negativas entre el rendimiento de la memoria objetiva y subjetiva solo aparecieron en participantes con mayor neuroticismo. Por lo tanto, las quejas de memoria reportadas por los jóvenes podrían reflejar un peor rendimiento de la memoria episódica inmediata, mientras que el neuroticismo jugaría un papel principal en la asociación entre los déficits de memoria y las QSM. Este estudio proporciona datos que pueden ayudar a comprender mejor las QSM en los jóvenes.

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“…Additionally, they can function as a standardized assessment of self-efficacy and compensatory mechanisms. However, since depressiveness, anxiety, physical and mental health, and sleep differentially affect memory across the life span [ 29 , 32 , 33 ], neuropsychiatric symptoms need to be considered when evaluating metamemory.…”

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Neuropsychiatric symptoms and metamemory across the life span: psychometric properties of the German Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ)

Rekers,

Heine,

Thöne-Otto

et al. 2024

J Neurol

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Objective We assessed the psychometric properties, established normative data for the German Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ), and analyzed its association with neuropsychiatric factors across the life span to provide a validated metamemory assessment for a German-speaking population. Methods The three MMQ scales (memory satisfaction, self-rated ability, and strategy application) were translated into German, considering cultural, linguistic, and conceptual aspects. To validate the MMQ and assess associations with neuropsychiatric factors, the Complainer Profile Identification, Geriatric Depression Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Short-Form-Health Survey were applied in an online study in 336 healthy participants with follow-up after 8 months. Results Psychometric evaluation of the German MMQ showed normal distribution of all scales and good to excellent validity, internal consistency, and retest reliability. We provide percentiles and normative data for z-score conversion. Importantly, even subclinically elevated scores in depressiveness and anxiety were associated with decreased memory satisfaction and self-rated ability. Furthermore, although the influence of age on the German MMQ scales was minimal, effects of neuropsychiatric factors such as sleep quality, anxiety, and depressiveness on MMQ Satisfaction and Ability varied across the life span. Conclusions Our study provides a validated German translation of the MMQ with normative data and reliability measures, including reliable change scores. We show the impact of neuropsychiatric factors on the MMQ scales across the life span and emphasize the relevance of a multifactorial approach to metamemory as a measure of individualized everyday functionality and the importance of including neuropsychiatric factors into both research and clinical assessments of metamemory.

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Subjective Memory Complaints in young and older healthy people: Importance of anxiety, positivity, and cortisol indexes

Cited by 5 publications

References 64 publications

Neuropsychiatric symptoms and metamemory across the lifespan—Psychometric properties of the German Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ)

Neuropsychiatric symptoms and metamemory across the lifespan—Psychometric properties of the German Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ)

Subjective memory complaints in young people; their relationship with objective cognitive performance and the role of neuroticism

Neuropsychiatric symptoms and metamemory across the life span: psychometric properties of the German Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ)

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