Reminiscence, Psychological Well-Being, and Ego Integrity in Portuguese Elderly People

Improving specific autobiographical memory in older adults: impacts on mood, social problem solving, and functional limitations

“…Older adults tend to recall self-defining memories that have more integrative meaning than younger adults (Singer, Rexhaj, & Baddeley, 2007). "Meaning-making" and integrative reminiscences are important therapeutic tools for psychological well-being alongside specificity, rather than the simple recall and retelling of memories (Afonso, Bueno, Loureiro, & Pereira, 2011;Blagov & Singer, 2004;Singer et al, 2013;Thorne, McLean, & Lawrence, 2004;Wong & Watt, 1991). If impairment of integration due to reduced autobiographical memory specificity is the mechanism that accounts for the relationship between lower autobiographical memory specificity and reduced emotional health in older adults, this would help explain the different outcomes of the two interventions in this age group since life review included this element of integration.…”

A quasi-experimental study of a reminiscence program focused on autobiographical memory in institutionalized older adults with cognitive impairment

“…Such research has been conducted mostly in patients with depression, for whom reminiscence has shown to reduce depressive symptoms (Afonso & Bueno, 2010;Afonso, Bueno, Loureiro, & Pereira, 2011;Serrano, Latorre, & Montañés, 2005;Serrano et al, 2012) and elicit an increase in the number of retrieval for specific autobiographical memories (Afonso & Bueno, 2010;Serrano et al, 2005), principally for positive specific autobiographical memories (Afonso & Bueno, 2010). But there's still a scarceness of solid evidence on the results of individual structured reminiscence sessions that account the complexities of autobiographical memory in older adults with dementia (Lalanne & Piolino, 2013).…”

A nursing intervention for older adults in living nursing home: Reminiscence therapy

“…Bu alanlar depresyonu, benlik saygısını, kendini kabullenme, benlik bütünlüğünü, morali, anksiyeteyi, yaşam doyumunu, ziksel aktiviteyi, iyilik halini, bilişsel düzeyi, sağlık durumunu ve yaşam kalitesini içermektedir. [31] Y a p ı l a n ç a l ı ş m a l a r d a a n ı m s a m a n ı n y a ş l ı l a r d a depresyonu [18,19,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] , yalnızlık duygusunu azalttığı [16,39] ve yaşam doyumunu [42] , benlik saygısını [16,18,43] , psikolojik iyilik halini [39,44,45] , benlik bütünlüğünü [45] , yaşam kalitesini [46] , mutluluğu [20] ve moral düzeyini arttırdığı [37] ortaya konmuştur. Bunun yanında yapılan bazı çalışmalarda anımsama terapisi ile depresyon [16,43,47] , kendini gerçekleştirme [47] , benlik saygısı [20,35] , yaşam doyumu [20,43] ve sağlık algısı [34,35] arasında anlamlı bir ilişki gösterilememiştir.…”