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Cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of two abbreviated forms of the Everyday Problems Test

The competence to independently solve everyday tasks is crucial for prosperous aging. However, there is a lack of sensitive performance- based measures of everyday cognitive competence, important for detecting normative and pathological changes in neurocognitive aging, available to practitioners and researchers in Croatia. In a previous study we abbreviated the 84-item EPT (Everyday Problems Test, Willis & Marsiske, 1993) into two brief 14-items forms, suitable for the context of repetitive testing and time-constrained administration. This study served to further explore the psychometrical characteristics of these two brief forms of EPT in a sample of 70 middle-aged adults (age range 50 to 65) participating in a cognitive training study. Both brief EPT forms demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency and criterion-related validity based on their relationship with sociodemographic variables and fluid and crystallized intelligence. These results are in line with a theoretical view of everyday cognitive competence as related to individual ability to reason and solve novel problems, as well as the knowledge based on one’s education and experience. These preliminary analyses provide additional support for the two brief forms of EPT which can be viewed as a valuable tool of assessing everyday cognitive competence.

Everyday Problems Test, everyday cognitive competence, cognitive aging, validation

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