The effects of group reminiscence therapy on depression, self-esteem, and affect balance of Chinese community-dwelling elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Wenjuan ^a   He, Guoping ^a   Gao, Jing ^a   Yuan, Qun ^b   Feng, Hui ^a   Zhang, Clarence K ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect balance; Community; Depression; Elderly; Reminiscence therapy; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECT BALANCE SCALE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GROUP REMINISCENCE THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SCREENING; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AFFECT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84859838580     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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