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Applied Behavior Analysis

2015

Western Kentucky University

Life Review

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Effects Of Life Review On Happiness And Life Satisfaction In Older Adults, Molly C. White Jul 2015

Effects Of Life Review On Happiness And Life Satisfaction In Older Adults, Molly C. White

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Life review involves a systematic, chronological review of an individual’s life from birth to death as well as an examination of the meaningfulness of life experiences and events. The purpose of the current study was to discover the effects of life review on happiness and life satisfaction in the older population. Participants from 71 to 85 years of age completed a demographics questionnaire, the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). SHS and SWLS were completed every other day from the beginning to the end of the data collection process. Once a consistent baseline was reached …