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Titre : | Living Legends: Effectiveness of a Program to Enhance Sense of Purpose and Meaning in Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults (2015) |
Auteurs : | Tracy Chippendale, Auteur ; Marie Boltz, Auteur |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of occupational therapy (Vol. 69, n° 4, July/August 2015) |
Article en page(s) : | 6904270010p1-6904270010p11 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés: | Community ; elderly ; sense of purpose |
Résumé : |
OBJECTIVE. We investigated the therapeutic benefits (i.e., sense of purpose and meaning in life) of the Living Legends program, which includes life review writing and an intergenerational exchange, compared with life review writing alone, for community-dwelling older adults. METHOD. This study was a randomized controlled trial with a connected qualitative component. We analyzed quantitative data using independent-samples t tests and written descriptions of program experiences using Collaizis qualitative methodology; we then used a triangulation protocol to integrate the qualitative and quantitative data. RESULTS. For participants in the writing workshop plus intergenerational exchange, sense of purpose and meaning in life increased significantly (p CONCLUSION. Living Legends enhanced participants sense of purpose and meaning in life, a factor known to prevent cognitive loss and disability, compared with life review writing alone. |
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