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Educational Gerontology Volume 37, 2011 - Issue 12
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Reminiscence, Psychological Well-Being, and Ego Integrity in Portuguese Elderly People

Rosa Marina Afonso University of Beira Interior, Department of Psychology and Education, Covilhã, Portugal; Research and Education Unit on Aging, UNIFAI, Porto, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bélen Bueno University of Salamanca, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Development and Educational Psychology, Salamanca, Spain
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Manuel Joaquim Loureiro University of Beira Interior, Department of Psychology and Education, Covilhã, Portugal; CIDESD-Research Center for Sports, Health, and Human Development-UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
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Henrique Pereira Research Unit in Psychology and Health, UIPES, ISPA, Portugal; University of Beira Interior, Department of Psychology and Education, Covilhã, Portugal
Pages 1063-1080 | Published online: 28 Oct 2011
 
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Abstract

This paper analyzes the impact of a reminiscence program on the psychological well-being and ego integrity of elderly people with depressive symptomatology. Ninety people aged 65 and over participated in a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest evaluations. They were assigned to one of three groups: (a) experimental group (reminiscence sessions); (b) control group or (c) control-placebo group (weekly relaxation sessions). The results indicate that only the experimental group had significant increases in its overall psychological well-being and ego integrity. This suggests that the promotion of instrumental and integrative reminiscences is an important therapeutic tool for psychological well-being in elderly people with depressive symptomatology.

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Note. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.

PWBS: Total Scale of Psychological Wellbeing.

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