Self-report measures of cognitive problems may have value, but there are indications that scores on such measures
are influenced by other factors such as personality. In an online correlational study, 523 non-clinical volunteers
completed measures of personality, digit span, and the Prospective and Retrospective Memory
Questionnaire. Self-reported prospective and retrospectivememory failures were associated positively with neuroticism
and negatively with conscientiousness, but not with digit span performance. These findings are consistent
with other indications that conscientiousness and neuroticism may underpin self-reports of cognitive
problems.