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KMID : 0869520160220020096
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Journal of East-West Nirsing Research
2016 Volume.22 No. 2 p.96 ~ p.103
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The Effects of a Reality Therapy Program for the Elderly with Depressive Disorder
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Kim Jin-Ju
Hyun Myung-Sun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a Reality Therapy program for the elderly with depressive disorder, and then examine the effects of the developed program.
Methods: This study used `non-equivalence control group pretest-posttest design`. The participants were forty-eight elderly who were on medication treatment with depressive disorder. Twenty-two participants were assigned to the experimental group and twenty-six ones were assigned to the control group. A 10-session Reality Therapy program was provided to the experimental group. The data were collected from September to December in 2012. Dependent variables were self-esteem, internal control, and depres sion.
Results: The scores of self-esteem for the experimental group were significantly increased compared to the control group (t=-4.87, p<.001). The scores of depression for the experimental group were significantly decreased compared to the control group (t=3.61, p=.001). However, there was no significant change on the scores of internal control between the two groups.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the Reality Therapy program is effective in increasing self-esteem and decreasing depression for the elderly with de pressive disorder.
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KEYWORD
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Reality Therapy, Elderly, Depression, Self-esteem, Internal control
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