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Table 10 Correlations between AARC-50 cognitive functioning subscale and measures of self-perceptions of aging, subjective and objective cognition

From: International relevance of two measures of awareness of age-related change (AARC)

Correlational evidence of validity of the AARC-50 cognitive functioning subscale

 

AARC-50 cognitive functioning gains

AARC-50 cognitive functioning losses

 

Pearson’s r

[95% CI]

p-value

Pearson’s r

[95% CI]

p-value

Felt age

.08

[.06, .10]

< .001

−.19

[−.21, −.17]

< .001

Digit span

−.05

[−.08, −.03]

< .001

−.10

[−.12, −.07]

< .001

Paired associate learning

−.02

[−.05, .00]

.06

−.11

[−.14, −.09]

< .001

Verbal reasoning

−.09

[−.12, −.07]

< .001

−.16

[−.18, −.13]

< .001

Self-ordered search

−.07

[−.10, −.05]

< .001

−.08

[−.11, −.06]

< .001

IQCODE informant

−.05

[−.07, −.03]

< .001

−.01

[−.01, .03]

.51

IQCODE self

−.12

[−.15, −.10]

< .001

.47

[.45, .49]

< .001

 

Spearman’s ρ

 

p-value

Spearman’s ρ

 

p-value

ATOA

.04

 

< .0001

−.14

 

< .0001

  1. AARC-50 cognitive functioning gains = Subscale of the AARC 50-item questionnaire assessing gains in the cognitive functioning domain. AARC-50 cognitive functioning losses = Subscale of the AARC 50-item questionnaire assessing losses in the cognitive functioning domains. Felt age = Felt age discrepancy score between participants’ chronological age and the age they feel they are. ATOA = Lawton’s attitudes toward own aging 5-item scale. Digit span = Computerized cognitive task assessing verbal working memory. Paired associate learning = Computerized cognitive task assessing visual episodic memory. Grammatical reasoning task = Computerized cognitive task assessing verbal reasoning. Self-oriented search = Computerized cognitive task assessing spatial working memory. IQCODE informant = Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly short form asking informants to rate the cognitive change of someone close to the them over the last 10 years. IQCODE self = Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly short form asking participants to rate their own cognitive change over the last 10 years