School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Memory. 2024 Sep;32(8):1043-1056. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2378870. Epub 2024 Jul 17.
The Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ; Troyer & Rich, [2002]. Psychometric properties of a new metamemory questionnaire for older adults. , (1), P19-P27) is a widely used measure of subjective memory consisting of three scales: Satisfaction, Ability, and Strategies. Although subjective memory complaints are prevalent across different age groups, the factor structure and psychometric properties of the MMQ have yet to be examined in young adults. Here, we independently replicated the original MMQ factor structure in = 408 young adults (YA) recruited from undergraduate courses and = 327 older adults (OA) and, for the first time, assessed the age-invariance of the scale using measurement invariance testing. YAs made significantly higher ratings than OAs on MMQ-Satisfaction and MMQ-Strategies, indicating greater satisfaction with their memory and greater use of strategies, but the groups were similar on MMQ-Ability. The original MMQ factor structure was replicated in OAs but not in YAs, and age invariance was not supported. Future studies seeking to compare young and older adults could therefore consider either requesting modification of the MMQ for use with young adults or using a different scale.
多因素记忆问卷（MMQ；Troyer 和 Rich，[2002]。一种新的老年人元记忆问卷的心理测量特性。 ，（1），P19-P27）是一种广泛用于主观记忆的测量方法，由三个量表组成：满意度、能力和策略。尽管主观记忆抱怨在不同年龄组中很普遍，但 MMQ 的因子结构和心理测量特性尚未在年轻人中进行检验。在这里，我们在从本科课程中招募的 = 408 名年轻成年人（YA）和 = 327 名老年人（OA）中独立复制了原始 MMQ 因子结构，并首次使用测量不变性检验评估了该量表的年龄不变性。YAs 在 MMQ-满意度和 MMQ-策略上的评分明显高于 OAs，这表明他们对自己的记忆力更满意，并且更倾向于使用策略，但在 MMQ-能力方面，两组没有差异。原始的 MMQ 因子结构在 OAs 中得到了复制，但在 YAs 中没有得到复制，并且不支持年龄不变性。因此，未来研究在比较年轻人和老年人时，可以考虑对 MMQ 进行修改，以用于年轻人，或者使用其他量表。
