Alison Killen|Ann Macaskill
Using a Gratitude Intervention to Enhance Well-Being in Older Adults
Sheffield Hallam University|Sheffield Hallam University
increasingly ageing population includes proportion well older adults may benefit lowlevel psychological support help maintain wellbeing factor consistently regarded integral wellbeing gratitude effect three good things life gratitude intervention hedonic eudemonic wellbeing perceived stress levels nonclinically depressed older adults examined intervention evaluated older adults previously duration intervention 2 weeks baseline end intervention 30day follow measures compared effects online paper delivery intervention compared differences acceptability two routes examined daily positive events identified participants also analysed participants 88 healthy community living adults aged 60 years intervention produced significant differences eudemonic wellbeing measured flourishing baseline day 15 maintained day 45 significant increases flourishing evident baseline day 45 decreases perceived stress day 1 day 15 maintained intervention ended significant differences online paper delivery intervention age group managed many preferred online delivery gratitude diaries seem costeffective method producing beneficial improvements wellbeing older adults