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학술연구/단체지원/교육 등 연구자 활동을 지속하도록 DBpia가 지원하고 있어요.
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연구자들이 자신의 연구와 전문성을 널리 알리고, 새로운 협력의 기회를 만들 수 있는 네트워킹 공간이에요.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of laughter-therapy on negative mood and life satisfaction in older adults staying in care facilities. Methods: Twenty four individuals from facility G participated in the laughter-therapy group and another 24 from facility J in the usual care group. Eight sessions composed the laughter-therapy in this study and each session lasted 60 minutes. To examine the hypotheses, data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and ANCOVA with the SPSS program version 16.0. Results: Negative mood scores for the laughter-therapy group were lower than those of control group (F=89.99, p<.001). Life satisfaction scores for the laughter-therapy group were higher than those of control group (F=100.68, p<.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that laughter-therapy for older adults staying in care facilities results in an improvement in mood and life satisfaction.
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Cho, M. J. / 1998 / Prevalence of cognitive impairment and depressive symptomatology of the elderly in a long-term institution / Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatrc Assocation
Chung, C. S. / 2008 / A study on the therapy effect program by laughing / 석사 / Chosun University
Cohen, J. / 1988 / Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences / Erlbaum
Berk, L. S. / 2001 / Modulation of neuroimmune parameters during the stress of humor-associated mirthful laughter / Alternative therapies in health and medicine 7 (2) : 62 ~
Cho, M. J. / 1998 / Prevalence of cognitive impairment and depressive symptomatology of the elderly in a long-term institution / Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatrc Assocation
Chung, C. S. / 2008 / A study on the therapy effect program by laughing / 석사 / Chosun University
Cohen, J. / 1988 / Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences / Erlbaum
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