The meaning of reminiscence and life review /
Robert Butler's call for life reviews has exerted a key influence on the way gerontologists have looked at reminiscence and remembering. Widely thought to be a helpful mechanism for integrating past and future, the process of life review needs better specification and evaluation based on sound...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Florence :
Routledge,
1995
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| Series: | Perspectives on aging and human development series
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: Looking Back on My Self: The Meaning of the Past; Section I: Life Review as Conceptual Integration; 1: Butler's Life Review: How Universal Is It?; 2: Reminiscing: The State of the Art as a Basis for Practice; 3: Reminiscence, Adaptation, and Social Context in Old Age; Section II: Research into the Role of Life Review; 4: Life Patterns and Age Styles in Older Adults; 5: Individual Differences in Reminiscence among Older Adults: Predictors of Frequency and Pleasantness Ratings of Reminiscence Activity
- 12: Reminiscence, Life Review, and Ego Integrity in Nursing Home Residents13: Reminiscentia: Cherished Objects as Memorabilia in Late-Life Reminiscence; 14: Mourning and Reminiscence: Parallel Psychotherapeutic Processes for Elderly People; Contributors
- 6: If You Had Your Life to Live Over Again: What Would You Do Differently?7: A Study of Autobiographical Memories in Depressed and Nondepressed Elderly Individuals; 8: Including Social Factors in the Analysis of Reminiscence in Elderly Individuals; Section III: Reminiscence and Life Review as Intervention; 9: The Autobiographical Group: A Tool for the Reconstruction of Past Life Experience with the Aged; 10: Themes in Reminiscence Groups with Older Women; 11: Styles of Reminiscence and Ego Development of Older Women Residing in Long-Term Care Settings