LONG-TERM EFFICACY OF FLUID ABILITY INTERVENTIONS WITH OLDER ADULTS

Three-year follow-up data were gathered from 108 elderly persons to in vestigate the long-term efficacy of fluid ability (Gf) interventions w ith the aged. Results suggested that the effects of reminding older pe rsons to use previously acquired training strategies facilitated 3-yea r Letter Series performance, particularly so for stress inoculation pa rticipants. 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 greate r extent for stress inoculation group participants than for those in b oth the induction training and control conditions. These data collecti vely underscore the interaction between qualitatively different types of Gf interventions and the ongoing use of previously acquired trainin g strategies as factors in the maintenance of Gf training effects in o lder persons.