A program of positive intervention in the elderly: Memories, gratitude and forgiveness

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 463-470

  Ramírez, Encarnación ^a   Ortega, Ana Raquel ^a   Chamorro, Alberto ^a   Colmenero, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; elderly; memory; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; THERAPY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84897098748     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.856858     Document Type: Article

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