Psychosocial Correlates of Everyday Memory in the Aged

In this book, an attempt is made to assess the everyday memory performance among older men and women, its relationship with Socio-demographic and Psychological variables, and also to see the efficacy of the intervention on a selected sample of older subjects. Everyday memory refers to memory operations that routinely occur in one's daily environment. The hallmark of everyday memory and associated research, then, is that it involves the performance of tasks that occur naturalistically in the real world. The review reveals that there is a paucity of studies on everyday memory performance in the Indian aged. The present study focuses on the assessment of everyday memory in the aged (N=600) and its association with Physical health and Psychological health, Depression, and Life review. The main sample includes men and women with the age group of 60-75+. The intervention was carried out on a select sample of older men and women (n=120) with poor everyday memory performance. As the data indicates there are differences among different sub-groups in the performance of everyday memory. The interventions were carried out on a select sample of subjects.

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La Dra. K. Lalitha trabaja como profesora asistente (senior) en el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad Yogi Vemana, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India. Dr. Annemu Aswartha Reddy, M.Sc., (Psy.), M.Ed., Ph.D., Obtuvo el primer rango en el nivel P.G. Recibió una beca de doctorado de ICSSR, Nueva Delhi.