Table 6.

Mean Frequency of Forgetting Endorsed by Older Adults at Baseline and Follow-Up

	Older Adult Group N = 61
	Baseline		Follow-Up
Type of Everyday Memory Lapses†	M	SD	M	SD	t-test	Cohen's d
1. Names	3.33	1.01	3.51	.89	1.53	.19
2. Words	4.36	1.51	4.59	1.28	1.07	.16
3. Faces	4.64	1.40	4.75	1.11	.75	.09
4. Appointments	5.22	1.29	5.42	1.15	1.35	.16
5. Personal Dates	5.19	1.22	5.37	1.22	1.12	.15
6. Correspondences	4.85	1.54	5.25	1.23	2.19	.29
7. Directions	5.18	1.46	5.36	1.05	1.23	.14
8. Where put something	4.44	1.36	4.84	1.05	2.22	.33
9. Phone number just checked	4.37	1.54	4.68	1.20	1.89	.22
10. Phone number used frequently	5.27	1.53	5.23	1.24	−.17	.03
11. Thread of thought in conversation	5.20	1.98	5.30	1.06	.41	.06
12. Something someone told you	4.77	1.18	5.11	1.02	2.20	.31
13. Unsure if told someone something	4.52	1.25	4.57	1.13	.32	.04
14. What you were doing	5.07	1.48	5.22	1.12	.96	.11
15. What wanted to buy at store	5.12	1.12	5.38	.96	1.73	.25
16. How to perform a household chore	5.56	1.30	5.82	1.12	1.54	.21
Total Retrospective Questionnaire	4.80	.76	5.02	.68	−2.82*	.31

Note.

^†Higher scores indicate better perceived memory functioning.

^*p < .01.