The effect of positive thinking on resilience and life satisfaction of older adults: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: The cumulative effects of adversity and unhappiness affect life satisfaction and quality of life in the growing older adult population. Most of the interventions aimed at improving the health and quality of life of older adults have adopted a problem-oriented or weakness-focused approach. However, a positive or strengths-focused approach can also have a virtuous but more effective capacity to contribute to the well-being and life satisfaction of older adults. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of positive thinking training on improving resilience and life satisfaction among older adults. A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 100 older adults with simple random sampling. The intervention group received 90-min weekly sessions for eight weeks on posi

SUBMITTER: Taherkhani Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977771 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature