| Cultural differences in metamemory, or memory complaints, among monolingual Spanish-speaking (N = 38) and monolingual English-speaking patients (N = 38) with a diagnosed illness were investigated. The relationship between metamemory and objective measures of verbal memory performance was also examined in the combined sample of monolingual Spanish- and English-speakers (N = 76). Patients were matched on gender, age, and diagnosis prior to regression analysis, and the effect of education was controlled. Results indicated that patients performed in the low average range on tasks of immediate memory and discrimination and demonstrated mild deficits on the delayed memory task of the verbal learning tests. The current study did not find a significant difference between monolingual English-speakers and monolingual Spanish-speakers on self-reported memory problems. Furthermore, there was not a significant relationship between metamemory and verbal memory performance among the combined patient sample. |
