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http://dx.doi.org/10.21186/IPR.2021.6.4.047

A Study on the Effect of Collective Art Treatment based on Reminiscence Therapy on the Depression, Interpersonal, Relationships, and the Subjective Sense of Happiness among the Elderly with Dementia  

Kim, Gyoung-Hwa (Dankook University)
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Industry Promotion Research / v.6, no.4, 2021 , pp. 47-58 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of reminiscence-based collective art therapy on the depression, interpersonal relationships, and the subjective sense of happiness among the elderly with dementia. The study was conducted on 30 volunteers with dementia aged 65 or older attending the S Weekly Care Center located in S-gun as subjects during the period between November 7, 2020 and January 2, 2021 with one session week for a total of 12 sessions. The SPSS 24.0 statistics program has been used for various data analyses, including confidence verification, cross tabulation analysis, independent sample T-test, 3×2 multi-variant analysis. The study findings are as follows. First, the collective art therapy based on reminiscence therapy is effective in reducing the depression among the elderly with dementia. Second, the collective art therapy based on reminiscence therapy is effective in promoting interpersonal relationships among the elderly with dementia. Third, the collective art therapy based on reminiscence therapy is effective in improving the subjective sense of happiness among the elderly with dementia. Therefore, the reminiscence-based collective art therapy is found to serve as an effective means to relieve depression, improve interpersonal relationships and to promote a subjective sense of happiness among elderly people witn dementia.
Keywords
reminiscence therapy; collective art therapy; elderly people with dementia; depression; interpersonal relationships; subjective sense of happiness;
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