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KMID : 0981220080080020027
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2008 Volume.8 No. 2 p.27 ~ p.50
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The Effects of a Stress Management Program on Depression, Stress Responses, Perceived Health Status, and Emotion Dysregulation in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Preliminary Study
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Cho Yong-Rae
Roh Hyun-Jean
Choi Ye-Jong
Yang Sang-Sik
Jee Eun-Hye
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Abstract
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The present study was conducted to examine the effects of a stress management program for enhancing older adults’ health and quality of life. Of 12 older adults living in a small and medium-sized urban area who started a 10-week group-administered stress management program, 7 participants completed the program. The program consisted of psychoeducation about stress, meditation and relaxation, cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, and problem-solving. Compared to pre-program, program completers showed significant or marginally significant improvements in depression, perceived health status, and stress responses at post-program. These improvements were maintained at 1-month follow-up. In addition, the dependent measures yielded large or very large effect sizes both from pre-program to post-program and from pre-program to follow-up. While effect size for emotion dysregulation was small from pre-program to post-program, it was large from pre-program to follow-up. In contrast, effect size for dysfunctional attitude was small both from pre-program to post-program and from pre-program to follow-up. Therefore, these results suggest that the stress management program developed in this study is effective in improving depression, stress responses, perceived health status, and emotion dysregulation in community-dwelling older adults.
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KEYWORD
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older adults, stress, stress management, emotion dysregulation, quality of life
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