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The Gerontologist 40:540-548 (2000)
© 2000 The Gerontological Society of America

Memory Complaints, Coping, and Well-Being in Old Age

A Systemic Approach

Paul Verhaeghen, PhDa, Nathalie Geraerts, MAb and Alfons Marcoen, PhDb

a Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, New York
b Center for Developmental Psychology, University of Leuven, Belgium

Correspondence: Paul Verhaeghen, PhD, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13210. E-mail: pverhaeg{at}psych.syr.edu.

Decision Editor: Vernon L. Greene, PhD

A study on memory complaints (as measured by selected subscales of the Metamemory in Adulthood Questionnaire) and its context was conducted on 179 older adults. A path analysis showed that memory complaints influence coping behavior through memory-related anxiety and perceived seriousness of complaints and that both memory complaints and coping influence well-being. Locus of control was found to be the most important antecedent variable in the model.

Key Words: Metamemory • Dysphoria • Anxiety • Competence




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