Relationships Among Nostalgia, Depression and Death Anxiety of Elders in Reminiscence Therapy and Impression

Abstract

Background: The number of elders increases in these days and for future. Depression or death anxiety is an important problem. There were few empirical studies about depression or death anxiety related with nostalgia. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between Nostalgia Proneness, depression or death anxiety of elders through the reminiscence therapy and impression of the therapy to get support of qualitative results. Method: Elders in an elders’ college participated in the Reminiscence Therapy. After the therapy, they completed questionnaires of the Nostalgia Proneness (positive and negative), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) for depression, a Quick Inventory for Death Attitude 8-item (QIDA-8) for death anxiety, and impression for the therapy. Results: The score of the Nostalgia Proneness (NP)-Positive was 4.77 of 8 point, and that of NP-Negative was