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Effect of Psychological Savoring Intervention on Resilience, Gratitude and Psychological Well-Being among Elderly

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Savoring is being able to be thoughtful of memorable moments and to be knowledgeable of and manage feelings of happiness about those experiences. The capacity to savor pleased moments in life is related to greater psychological well-being; nevertheless, a few research studies have examined at savoring intervention in older persons. The study aimed to investigate the effect of psychological savoring intervention on resilience, gratitude, and psychological well-being among elderly. Setting/sample: A quasi-experimental design was used with a purposive sample of 52 independent elderly people who are members of the Zagazig City geriatric club, Egypt. A structured interview questionnaire, older adults´ Resilience scale, Elder´s Gratitude scale, and psychological well-being scale were used for data collection. Results: After the training program, participated elderly showed highly statistically significant improvements in the mean score of resilience, gratitude, and psychological well-being. There were highly statistically significant positive correlations between the participant elderly's gratitude and resilience scores, gratitude score and psychological well-being score, resilience score and psychological well-being score. Conclusion: The psychological savoring intervention program for the elderly was successful in improving their resilience, gratitude, and psychological well-being levels. Additional researches should be done to determine the effectiveness of the intervention with a large sample of participants and whether the results were maintained with a follow-up examination.

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10.21608/ejhc.2023.326966

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Psychological Savoring Intervention, Resilience, Gratitude, psychological well-being, Elderly

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Hayam

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Shaban Elsayed Shehata

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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Abdelrahman Ahmed Mahdy

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Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University

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Mohamed

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Metwally Samy Metwally

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Lecturer of Mental Health, Faculty of Education, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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Abdallah Mahmoud El-Ezazy

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni Suef University, Egypt

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14

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4

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43871

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2023-12-01

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2023-11-22

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2023-12-01

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450

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461

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Effect of Psychological Savoring Intervention on Resilience, Gratitude and Psychological Well-Being among Elderly

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24 Dec 2024