نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی
2 دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی تهران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
Aim: The intervention has been done by the aim of investigating the effectiveness of positive reminiscence therapy on the improvement of their optimism. Method: The study design was semi experimental pre test _post test with control group. The statistical method was mixed ANOVAs analysis. The population were women of 60 and over in Tehran’s nursing homes that after investigating iterance criteria, 27 person were chosen that finally from which; 10 women were selected as experimental group and 11 women were chosen as control group from residents in Tehran’s Mehraban nursing home. The experimental group received 8 sessions of positive reminiscence intervention. Pre test-Post test; life orientation test (LOT), were done on first session, 8th session and follow up in both groups. Results: The results indicated that positive reminiscence therapy was significantly effective on improving optimism among elderly on experimental group. Conclusion: Based on the findings, the necessity of using positive reminiscence therapy for enhancing positive emotions in the elderly was emphasized
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