Autobiographical memory: A proposal for mnemic stimulation in elderly individuals

• Autor(a) principal: Soares Chariglione, Isabelle Patricia Freitas
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Salmazo da Silva, Henrique, Santos Vale, Alliny Michelly
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/10734
• topic: memória autobiográfica;; idoso;; terapia de reminiscência;; emoção;; cognição; autobiographical memory;; elderly;; reminiscence therapy;; emotion;; cognition; memoria autobiográfica;; ancianos;; terapia de reminiscencia;; emo-ción;; cognición

The objective of this study was to document the autobiographical memory inter-vention process for elderly individuals developed by Serrano, Latorre, and Montañes (2005) and to verify the impact on cognition, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and quality of life. The study design was a quasi-experimental research approach with pre- and post-intervention evaluations, where ten individuals of both sexes, divided into a control group (CG = 5) and an experimental group (EG = 5) were investigat-ed. There were no gains in cognition, depression, anxiety, and quality of life scores. However, the application of the designed protocol for each group allowed elderly individuals to interact and socialize in an environment capable of favoring auto-biographical recall. It is suggested, however, that professionals, when applying the script, have the necessary flexibility for a possible extension in the number of elderly individuals, time and sessions