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