Study Purpose/Description
This project explores whether a single-session online reminiscence activity can improve mood and life satisfaction in older adults. You will be asked to reflect on past experiences through writing prompts and complete short questionnaires before and after the activity.
The aim is to better understand how simple, accessible reminiscence tasks may support emotional well-being later in life. We are also interested in investigating for whom this task is most helpful, and why some people experience benefits from the task.
What’s Involved?
Participation involves completing questionnaires online and writing about a past problem solving success. We anticipate participants to take a total of 40 minutes to complete.
- Pre-test (10 mins) – Participants will answer demographic questions, and complete short measures of depressed mood, life satisfaction and mastery.
- Digital writing task focused on past problem-solving success (20 mins) – Participants will be presented with a series of prompts, inviting them to write about a past problem-solving success. Participants will be instructed to write about a situation when they managed to solve a problem, which required some effort or ingenuity on their part’. They are presented with prompts such as ‘Describe the problem you faced’, ‘How did you solve the problem – What did you do?’, ‘How did you think of the solution?’, ‘What was the outcome for you?’, ‘How did you feel then?,’ and ‘What did you learn about yourself as a result of solving the problem?’
- Post-test (10 mins) – Participants will complete short measures of depressed mood, life satisfaction and mastery.
Want to learn more?
- Learn more about the study at screening survey
- Email the researchers at avickrahman@gmail.com
Research Ethics Approval
HREC Committee Name Swinburne University Human Research Ethics Committee (SUHREC)
Approval Number 20258756-22023
