Table 3.
Correlations of the four factors with external criteria
| Factors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Mem | Ret Mem | Pos Word | Neg Word | |
| Positive affect | –.08 | .05 | –.18 | –.20 |
| Negative affect | .11 | .13 | .21 | .15 |
| Neuroticism | .13 | .15 | .23 | .32 |
| Paired associates | –.24 | –.28 | .06 | –.09 |
| Prospective memory | –.32 | –.13 | –.15 | –.06 |
| Age | .09 | .07 | .17 | .29 |
Note: Pro Mem factor of prospective memory problems, Ret Mem factor of retrospective memory problems, Pos Word factor of positively worded items, Neg Word factor of negatively worded items. Correlations in italics are not statistically significant at p < .05