EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP REMINICENCE THERAPY ON LEVELS OF SELF–ESTEEM AMONG ELDERLY ADULTS AT SRI NARAYANI HOSPITAL,VELLORE

Mrs. REVATHY.N; Dr.P.MUTHUMARI

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP REMINICENCE THERAPY ON LEVELS OF SELF–ESTEEM AMONG ELDERLY ADULTS AT SRI NARAYANI HOSPITAL,VELLORE

Mrs. Revathy. N, Dr. P. Muthumari

Abstract :

The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of group reminiscence therapy on levels of self esteem among elderly adults at selected hospital ,Vellore. The research design selected for this study was pre– experimental one group pretest–posttest research design. Purposive sample technique was adopted to select 40 elderly adults in Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre, Vellore. Tool used was Rosenberg self esteem scale to assess the level of self esteem. Findings of the study showed that pre test mean value level of self esteem is 18 and after reminiscence therapy post test mean value level of self esteem is 21. The mean difference was self esteem is 3.The computed ‘t’ value for self esteem is 66.45, was higher than the table value self esteem is 2.65 at P<0.005 level. This shows that reminiscence therapy is effective in increasing the levels of self esteem among elderly adult in Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre, Vellore. The conclusion of the study findings shows that there is significant increase in the levels of self esteem, after reminiscence therapy among elderly adults .This shows that reminiscence therapy was effective in increasing the self –esteem of elderly adults