Table 2.

Mean Frequency of Forgetting Endorsed on the Retrospective Questionnaire by Both Older and Younger Adult Groups

	Group
	Older adults N = 138		Younger adults N = 138
Type of Everyday Memory Lapses†	M	SD	M	SD	t-test	Cohen's d
1. Names	3.47**	1.12	4.14	1.64	2.99	.48
2. Words	4.36	1.43	4.93	1.90	2.79	.34
3. Faces	4.71**	1.36	5.63	1.53	5.29	.64
4. Appointments	5.22	1.43	5.52	1.53	1.70	.20
5. Personal Dates	5.10	1.34	4.90	1.68	−1.11	.13
6. Correspondences	4.79	1.61	4.79	1.67	.00	.00
7. Directions	5.09	1.46	5.12	1.73	.19	.02
8. Where put something	4.43	1.49	4.67	1.52	1.32	.16
9. Phone number just checked	4.49	1.53	5.07	1.65	3.02	.36
10. Phone number used frequently	5.32**	1.36	6.15	1.67	4.54	.55
11. Thread of thought in conversation	5.04	1.21	5.14	1.62	.55	.07
12. Something someone told you	4.95	1.24	5.28	1.57	1.91	.23
13. Unsure if told someone something	4.57	1.25	4.92	1.52	2.12	.25
14. What you were doing	4.96	1.50	5.04	1.56	.39	.05
15. What wanted to buy at store	5.12	1.23	5.20	1.57	.43	.06
16. How to perform a household chore	5.61	1.22	5.58	1.66	−.17	.02
Total Retrospective Questionnaire	4.83*	.79	5.13	1.16	2.52	.30

Note.

^†Higher scores indicate better perceived memory functioning.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .001.