Table 1.

Mean Number of Days Endorsed on the Daily Diary by Both Older and Younger Adult Groups

	Older adults N = 138				Younger adults N = 138
Type of Everyday Memory Lapses	M	Mdn	SD	IQR	M	Mdn	SD	IQR	U	r
1. Names	2.70*	2.00	1.98	3.00	1.74a	2.00	1.42	3.00	6942.00	.24
2. Words	2.50*	2.00	2.28	4.00	1.36a	1.00	1.54	2.00	6887.50	.25
3. Faces	.37	.00	.75	.00	.49¥	.00	1.06	.25	9379.00	.02
4. Appointments	.10	.00	.37	.00	.36¥*	.00	.66	1.00	7749.00	.24
5. Personal Dates	.09	.00	.36	.00	.40¥*	.00	.71	1.00	7475.00	.28
6. Correspondences	.45	.00	1.11	.00	.36	.00	.66	1.00	9201.00	.04
7. Directions	.18	.00	.44	.00	.45¥	.00	.83	1.00	8247.50	.16
8. Where put something	1.56	1.00	1.84	2.00	1.93¥	1.00	1.90	3.00	8291.00	.12
9. Phone number just checked	.77	.00	1.35	1.00	.77	.00	1.05	1.00	8790.50	.07
10. Phone number used frequently	.35	.00	.84	.00	.33	.00	.67	1.00	9272.50	.03
11. Thread of thought in conversation	.85	.00	1.48	1.00	1.30¥	1.00	1.68	2.00	7966.50	.15
12. Something someone told you	.99	.00	1.43	1.25	1.41¥	1.00	1.46	2.00	7741.50	.17
13. Unsure if told someone something	.88	.00	1.34	1.25	1.25¥	1.00	1.44	2.00	7802.00	.17
14. What you were doing	1.33	1.00	1.70	2.00	1.00	.00	1.48	1.00	8610.50	.09
15. What wanted to buy at store	.29	.00	.63	.00	.34¥	.00	.62	1.00	9043.50	.06
16. How to perform a household chore	.10	.00	.41	.00	.09	.00	.37	.00	9450.00	.01
Total everyday memory lapses	1.93	1.64	1.33	1.89	1.94	1.71	1.32	1.89	9438.50	.01

Note.

^aOAs endorsed everyday memory lapse as occurring on a greater number of days than YAs.

^¥YAs endorsed everyday memory lapse as occurring on a greater number of days than OAs.

U = Mann-Whitney U test. r = effect size (Z/√N).

^*p < .001.