Group Therapies for Nursing Home Adults: An Evaluation of Two Treatment Approaches.

Moran, John A.; Gatz, Margaret

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ERIC Number: EJ364568

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Group Therapies for Nursing Home Adults: An Evaluation of Two Treatment Approaches.

Moran, John A.; Gatz, Margaret

Gerontologist, v27 n5 p588-91 Oct 1987

Assigned nursing home residents (N=59) to one of three conditions: task-oriented peer counseling group, insight-oriented peer counseling group, or control. Task group increased in internal locus of control and life satisfaction; insight group increased in internal locus of control and trust; controls decreased in trust. (Author/ABL)

Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Competence, Life Satisfaction, Locus of Control, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Peer Counseling, Trust (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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