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Brain Disorders and Therapeutics

Mental Heal th and Psychology

International Conference on

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Journal of Brain and Neurology| Volume: 2

November 05-06, 2018 | Edinburgh, Scotland

Positive Aging: Effectiveness of an Intervention with the Elderly

Jorge M Silva

Portuguese Association of Parents and Friends of the Mentally Deficient Citizen, Portugal

uring the last decades, there has been an increase

in positive psychological intervention in the elderly.

However, there is some lack of clarity in the appropriation

of psychological techniques to older adults. Empirical

evidence claims the need to further the study of positive

psychological intervention to examine its effect on older

people. In this sense, the present study aims to evaluate

the effectiveness of a program of psychological intervention

for institutionalized elderly people. The program contains

16 group sessions, divided into three modules, and covers

five variables of positive psychology: subjective happiness,

psychological well-being, satisfaction with life, quality of life,

and positive and negative effects. The sample consisted of

23 individuals aged between 61 and 93 years (M = 80.70,

DP = 7.70). A quasi-experimental study methodology

of the pre- and post-test type with a control group was

adopted to evaluate the impact of the intervention program

“Positive Aging”. The intervention had positive effects

in the intervention group regarding the variables quality

of life, psychological well-being, and satisfaction with

life. The findings are confronted with prior research, and

limitations and suggestions for future studies are presented.