Effects of two group approaches on life satisfaction and mood of older females in nursing homes

<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of two group counseling therapy interventions on levels of life satisfaction and mood disturbance of older women, age 65+, living in two Detroit-based skilled nursing home facilities. This quasi-experimental, two-treatment group design examined the pretest-posttest data of two group counseling therapy interventions, Group Art Therapy (GAT) and Group Life Stories Narrative Therapy (GLSNT). Seventeen participants completed the bi-weekly, 90-minute sessions, over a four-week period. A univariate ANCOVA with group membership as fixed independent variable was used to compare life satisfaction post scores with pre scores as covariates. Mean scores were compared to determine which group had the highest increase in life satisfaction following the group interventions. A statistically significant difference was found for life satisfaction between the two groups. A Paired Samples Test was conducted to determine which treatment intervention was statistically significant. Due to small sample size, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was performed. No statistical significance was found for GAT on life satisfaction. Results for the Paired Samples Test for the GLSNT found statistical significance for life satisfaction. A univariate ANCOVA with group membership as fixed independent variable was used to compare mood disturbance post scores with pre scores as covariates. Mean scores were compared to determine which group had the highest decrease in mood disturbance following the group interventions. No statistically significant differences were found in either group therapy intervention for mood disturbance. Recommendations for future research were offered.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counselor Education

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Ryan, Bede Redpath

Contributors dc:contributor

• Arnold B. Coven

• Art Therapy
• Life Satisfaction
• Mood Disturbance
• Narrative Therapy
• Nursing Homes
• Older Women
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Other Medical Specialties
• Other Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/255

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-1254