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Memory self-assessment of university students

ABSTRACT

Purpose

To investigate the memory self-assessment of university students.

Methods

Observational, cross-sectional, analytical study with a quantitative approach. A total of 519 students regularly enrolled in higher education institutions participated, with a mean age of 22.9 years (±5.5), being 408 women and 111 men. Data was collected through the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ-10) and a questionnaire with sociodemographic information and memory complaints related to academic activities. Data were evaluated quantitatively, descriptively and inferentially, using the Chi-Squared Test with a p-value <5%.

Results

University students reported frequent memory difficulties, especially in the prospective and short term memory. It was found that 46.6% of the participants had memory complaints and 62.8% reported believing that routine at the university may lead to an increase in memory failure. In the self-assessment, 47.7% reported difficulties in prospective and short-term memory and, in relation to the academic routine of university students, 46.4% reported difficulties in retrospective memory.

Conclusion

There is an association between the presence of a memory complaint and the self-assessment of memory data.

Keywords:
Memory; Self-evaluation; Higher education; Students; Neuropsychology; Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences

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