Evaluating fit of the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) in a Nigerian adult population. Issue 4 (28th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mefoh, Philip C.; Ugwu, Lawrence E.; Okafor, Agnes E.
• Is Part Of: Journal of psychology in Africa. Volume 27:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 325
• Page End: 329
• Publication Date: 2017-08-28
• Subjects: Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) -- confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) -- dissociation -- invariance -- Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ); Psychology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Latin America -- Periodicals; Black people -- Latin America -- Psychology -- Periodicals; Black people -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Psychology -- Periodicals; 155.8496
• DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2017.1347752
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-0237

Abstract

Abstract : This study aimed to evaluate the latent structure of the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) and to estimate the reliability and validity of scores from the measure in a Nigerian adult population ( N = 758; age range = 18 - 63 years; females = 52.24%). Respondents also completed the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ). The data were analysed utilising confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results suggest the PRMQ to have a tripartite structure characterised by the following features: general memory, plus eight prospective and eight retrospective memory items. Scores from the PRMQ had evidence of convergent validity with the CFQ. The reliability of scores from the PRMQ was of acceptable magnitude for the research purposes investigated in the study.