Compensating for memory losses throughout aging: Validation and normalization of the memory compensation questionnaire (MCQ) for non-clinical French populations

Highlights • We examine life span change in memory compensation strategies perception. • Age and gender affect compensation strategies perception. • We provide a French version of the MCQ. • We establish demographically-corrected normative data in a life span perspective. • We provide a user-friendl...

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Published in:Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2015-01, Vol.60 (1), p.28-38
Main Authors: Martin, Sophie, Mazzocco, Clémence, Maury, Pascale, Grosselin, Anne, Van der Elst, Wim, Dixon, Roger A, Brouillet, Denis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Aging - physiology
Aging - psychology
Compensation
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Internal Medicine
Language
Life-span normative data
Male
Memory
Memory Disorders - diagnosis
Memory Disorders - psychology
Middle Aged
Psychological Tests - standards
Psychology
Psychometric analyses
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Reproducibility of Results
Sex Distribution
Surveys and Questionnaires
Translating
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Summary:Highlights • We examine life span change in memory compensation strategies perception. • Age and gender affect compensation strategies perception. • We provide a French version of the MCQ. • We establish demographically-corrected normative data in a life span perspective. • We provide a user-friendly computer program to facilitate scoring and norming.
ISSN:0167-4943
1872-6976
DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2014.10.013