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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2006 Dec;21(4):790–803. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.4.790

Table 1.

Pearson correlations between Measures of Text Memory Performance and Individual Differences in Vocabulary Level, Working Memory, and Memory Self-Efficacy

Recall RT ERT Age

Accuracy Efficiency Accuracy Efficiency Accuracy Efficiency
ALL SUBJECTS
 Vocabulary 0.38 *** 0.40 *** −0.22 −0.28 * −0.43 *** −0.48 *** 0.09
 WM 0.53 *** 0.32 ** 0.09 −0.32 ** −0.22 −0.47 *** −0.57 ***
 MSE 0.45 *** 0.27 * −0.01 −0.39 *** −0.30 ** −0.57 *** −0.44 ***
 Age −0.38 *** −0.03 −0.08 0.37 *** 0.15 0.34 **

YOUNG
 Vocabulary 0.31 0.17 −0.19 −0.22 −0.31 −0.38 * 0.25
 WM 0.44 ** 0.35 * 0.21 0.10 0.08 −0.18 0.03
 MSE 0.12 0.04 −0.02 −0.24 −0.06 −0.33 * −0.02
 Age 0.17 0.14 0.00 −0.26 −0.07 −0.46 **

OLD
 Vocabulary 0.51 ** 0.58 *** −0.27 −0.39 * 0.56 *** −0.61 *** 0.17
 WM 0.39 * 0.41 * −0.21 −0.33 −0.44 ** −0.50 ** 0.00
 MSE 0.53 *** 0.49 ** −0.08 −0.29 −0.46 ** −0.60 *** −0.17
 Age −0.10 0.04 −0.11 −0.04 0.01 0.03

p<.10,

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001