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Working Memory Training for Older Participants: A Control Group Training Regimen and Initial Intellectual Functioning Assessment
Published on: September 20, 2020
Cognitive bibliotherapy and memory training for older adults with depressive symptoms
Forrest Scogin1, J Kaci Fairchild, Adriana Yon
1a Department of Psychology , University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , AL, USA.
Objectives:
Substantial evidence indicates that depressed participants perform more poorly than nondepressed participants on a number of memory tasks. Cognitive deficits associated with depression (i.e., poor allocation of attention, poor encoding strategies), may help explain why depressed older adults are particularly prone to evidence poorer memory performance.
Method:
The present study compared the impact of two self-administered treatment protocols, cognitive bibliotherapy for depression plus memory training (CBT + MT) and cognitive bibliotherapy alone (CBT), to a wait-list control condition on measures of memory functioning and depression in a group of older adults experiencing depressive symptoms and memory complaints.
Results:
Results provide partial support for CBT as a treatment for depressive symptoms; however, memory training augmentation did not produce improvements.
Conclusion:
Suggestions for improving retention of older adults in self-administered treatments are discussed.
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