Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol 50, Issue 3 P141-P149, Copyright © 1995 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Long-term efficacy of fluid ability interventions with older adults

B Hayslip Jr, RM Maloy and R Kohl
Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, USA.

Three-year follow-up data were gathered from 108 elderly persons to investigate the long-term efficacy of fluid ability (Gf) interventions with the aged. Results suggested that the effects of reminding older persons to use previously acquired training strategies facilitated 3- year Letter Series performance, particularly so for stress inoculation participants. No reminder effects were observed for Letter Sets scores. While 3-year declines in Letter Sets performance were observed for all persons, losses in Letter Sets performance were minimized to a greater extent for stress inoculation group participants than for those in both the induction training and control conditions. These data collectively underscore the interaction between qualitatively different types of Gf interventions and the ongoing use of previously acquired training strategies as factors in the maintenance of Gf training effects in older persons.

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