Rosen C E, Rosen S
Community Ment Health J. 1982 Spring;18(1):21-33. doi: 10.1007/BF00757109.
The effectiveness of mental health group experiences on senior citizen center participants needing such services was assessed through a quasi-experiment involving 68 MH group participants and 31 comparison cases judged not in need to MH services. The evidence indicated substantial increases in social and nonsocial activity, morale, and self-satisfaction. Senior center personnel provided corroborative observations. The changes were such that by the conclusion of the group sessions the "experimentals" had come to function at a level that was indistinguishable from their comparison group. By contrast, 18 elderly needing such mental health services, but attending senior centers where services were unavailable, showed no improvement or declined over time
通过一项准实验评估了心理健康小组体验对需要此类服务的老年中心参与者的有效性，该实验涉及68名心理健康小组参与者和31名被判定不需要心理健康服务的对照案例。证据表明，社交和非社交活动、士气和自我满意度都有显著提高。老年中心工作人员提供了佐证观察结果。这些变化使得在小组会议结束时，“实验组”的功能水平与对照组难以区分。相比之下，18名需要此类心理健康服务但在没有服务的老年中心就诊的老年人没有改善或随时间下降。
