Fluid and crystallized abilities as predictors of everyday cognitive competence in middle-aged adults

• Published in: Psihološka obzorja pp. 35 - 40
• Main Authors: Juras, Luka, Martincević, Marina, Vranić, Andrea, Rebernjak, Blaž
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 10-07-2024
• ISSN: 2350-5141; 2350-5141
• DOI: 10.20419/2024.33.588

The competence to independently solve everyday tasks is crucial for prosperous aging. Less is known about the contribution of fluid abilities and crystallized abilities to everyday cognitive competence in middle-aged adults. The current preliminary study examines the relative contributions of fluid intelligence and crystallized ability to everyday cognitive competence in a sample of 59 middle-aged adults (age range 49–65 years). Fluid intelligence and crystallized ability had statistically significant bivariate correlations with the everyday cognitive competence in our sample. Surprisingly, neither of two cognitive predictors had an independent contribution in predicting everyday cognitive competence when simultaneously introduced in hierarchical regression analysis. Our preliminary results call for future investigation of the complex relationship between various basic cognitive abilities and everyday cognitive competence.
Sposobnost samostojnega reševanja vsakodnevnih nalog je izrednega pomena za kakovostno staranje. Manj pa je znanega o prispevku fluidnih in kristaliziranih sposobnosti k vsakodnevni spoznavni kompetentnosti pri posameznikih v srednji odraslosti. Pričujoča preliminarna študija preučuje relativni prispevek fluidne inteligentnosti ter kristaliziranih sposobnosti k vsakodnevni spoznavni kompetentnosti pri vzorcu 59 posameznikov v obdobju srednje odraslosti (starih med 49 in 65 let). Fluidna inteligentnost in kristalizirana sposobnost sta pri našem vzorcu bivariatno pomembno korelirali z vsakdanjo spoznavno kompetentnostjo. Presenetljivo pa nobeden od obeh napovednikov pri vključitvi v hierarhično linearno regresijo ni imel samostojnega prispevka pri napovedovanju vsakodnevne spoznavne kompetentnosti. Naši preliminarni rezultati kličejo po dodatnih raziskavah o kompleksnem odnosu med različnimi bazičnimi spoznavnimi sposobnostmi in vsakodnevno spoznavno kompetentnostjo.