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The Effect of Perceived Stress on Explicit Memory in Data Retrieval Process

The present study , as a causal-comparative study, was carried out to study the Effect of Perceived Stress on Explicit Memory in Data Retrieval Process. 100 participants, among Saderat Bank staff on- the-job training program, were screened using the accessible sampling. The participants were divided into two age groups: early adults with an average of 26 and middle adults with an average of 49.5. Cohenʹs Perceived Stress Scale (1983) was implemented to measure the level of perceived stress. The explicit memory performance was assessed by using free recall tests (Nahravanian, 1388), cued recall (Zare, Haghighi, 1388) and recognition (Zare, Haghighi, 1388). The results indicated that some of the main and interactive effects of stress, age and gender variables on explicit memory in retrieval process were consid¬ered significant. Generally, male performed better than female in terms of free recall. Early adults (both male and female) with low-stress levels performed better than middle adults (both male and female) with high-stress level in cued recall and early adults per¬formed better than middle adults in recognition. Keywords: