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| Reminiscence, personality and psychological functioning in older adults | | Author(s) | Jeffrey A Cully, Donna LaVoie, Jeffrey D Gfeller |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 1, February 2001 |
| Pages | pp 89-95 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Psychiatric treatment ; Personality ; Depression ; Anxiety ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There is little research on the psychological factors that correlate with reminiscence, especially in relationship to clinical constructs such as depression and anxiety. Research in the area of reminiscence functions may facilitate a better understanding of the factors affecting change in reminiscence therapies. 77 healthy older adults completed the following self-report scales: Reminiscence Functions Scale (RFS); NEO Five Factor Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI); Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd edition BDI-II); State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); and the Templer-McMordie Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS). Using canonical correlation techniques, results indicated that individuals with negative psychological functioning frequently reminisce as a way to refresh bitter memories, reduce boredom and prepare for death. Contrary to previous studies, results indicate that depressed and anxious older people commonly use reminiscence, and therefore may be appropriate candidates for reminiscence treatments. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010622207 A |
| Classmark | DB: LP: DK: ENR: ENP: 4C: 7T |
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