Cook E A
Life University, Marietta, Georgia, USA.
Health Care Women Int. 1998 Mar-Apr;19(2):109-18. doi: 10.1080/073993398246449.
The author investigated the efficacy of a reminiscence group in increasing life satisfaction in elderly female nursing home residents. E. Erikson's (1982) developmental theory and R.N. Butler's (1981) theory of reminiscing provided the theoretical framework for the study. It was hypothesized that reminiscing would increase life satisfaction when measured by the Life Satisfaction Index A (Neugarten et al., 1961). The design was experimental, using pretest and posttest data collection. Thirty-six female nursing home residents over 65 years of age were randomly assigned to a reminiscing group or a control group. A statistically significant difference (p = .03) was found between the reminiscing group and the control group on the dependent variable, life satisfaction, when data were analyzed using an analysis of covariance. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
作者调查了回忆小组对提高老年女性养老院居民生活满意度的效果。E.埃里克森（1982年）的发展理论和R.N.巴特勒（1981年）的回忆理论为该研究提供了理论框架。研究假设，通过生活满意度指数A（纽加顿等人，1961年）衡量时，回忆会提高生活满意度。研究设计为实验性设计，采用前测和后测数据收集方法。36名65岁以上的老年女性养老院居民被随机分配到回忆小组或对照组。当使用协方差分析对数据进行分析时，发现在因变量生活满意度方面，回忆小组和对照组之间存在统计学上的显著差异（p = .03）。文中还讨论了该研究对研究和实践的启示。
