Trait-anxiety and achievement motivation are positively correlated with memory performance in patients who visit a geriatric outpatient clinic with amnestic symptoms

Psychol Rep. 1993 Dec;73(3 Pt 2):1227-31. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1993.73.3f.1227.

Abstract

Memory performance was studied in relation to anxiety and achievement motivation in a sample of 35 patients who were referred to a geriatric outpatient clinic for their complaints of memory dysfunction. State-anxiety appeared not to be associated with memory performance or the severity of dementia. Trait-anxiety and achievement motivation were associated positively with memory performance and negatively with the severity of dementia. The evaluation of anxiety symptoms in the assessment of dementia is recommended.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Achievement*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis
  • Alzheimer Disease / psychology
  • Amnesia / psychology*
  • Anxiety / psychology*
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Dementia / psychology
  • Female
  • Geriatric Assessment*
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Recall*
  • Motivation*
  • Personality Assessment