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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive abilities of measures of executive functioning on observed and self-reported daily functioning in older adults. It was hypothesized that: 1) executive measures would be more strongly related to observed daily functioning than self-reported daily functioning, 2) executive measures would be significantly related to observed daily functioning, and 3) executive measures of planning and sequencing would be more predictive of observed daily functioning than executive measures of cognitive fluency. Findings revealed a stronger relationship between executive functioning and observed daily functioning than the relationship between executive functioning and self-reported daily functioning. Overall executive functioning and observed daily functioning were significantly related to one another. A single executive measure of planning and sequencing was the most predictive of observed daily functioning. These results provide support for the ecological validity of some measures of executive functioning.