Effets de la rétrospective de vie sur la détresse psychologique et le bien-être subjectif de personnes âgées institutionnalisées - étude pilote

Life review therapy had a double positive impact reducing psychological distress whilst improving life satisfaction of the residents in the nursing home. In contrast, life review, applied individually, did not seem to lead to an improvement in positive emotions, which are largely associated with social life according to the residents. Integrative life review implies a recall of past experiences, which give a feeling of meaning and purpose in life. It also implies the acceptance of negative past experiences, commitment to a positive reevaluation of personal successes, reconciliation between ideals and reality, and aims to reinforce the feeling of continuity between the past and the present.