Treatment Efficacy of Reminders of Life With Emphasis on Integrative Reminiscence on Self-Esteem and Anxiety of Old Widowers

Background Loss of wife along with the phenomenon of aging could cause psychological disorders and shorten the duration of this stage of life. This study aimed to examine the efficacy of treatment reminders of life with emphasis on integrative reminiscence on self-esteem and anxiety in old widowed men.
Materials & Methods The research method was a randomized clinical trial with pretest and posttest design with a control group. The study population included all 60- to 80-year-old people living in Meshginshahr, Iran. Of whom 34 participants were selected using convenient sampling method. They were randomly allocated into two equal groups (experimental and control). The experimental group participated in therapy sessions and the control group did not receive any interventions. The research instrument was Rosenberg self-esteem scale and questionnaire of general anxiety.
Results Multivariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) results showed that the treatment was efficient on variables of self-esteem and anxiety in old widowed men (PConclusion Managing certain psychological disorders in the elderly can be done by the proper and alternative treatments. It seems that integration of personality through integrated reminiscence can have different results in adjusting or treating people.