1. Why do Older Blacks Reminisce?
An Examination of Reminiscence Functions in a Sample of Older Black Adults
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What is Reminiscence?
What are the Functions of Reminiscence
in a Sample of Older Blacks?
Implications for Intervention Development
METHODS
Peer-led Reminiscence Intervention for Minority Elders (PRIME)
The long-term goal of the PRIME program of
research is to reduce depressive symptoms and
prevent major depression in community-dwelling
older Black adults.
PRIME builds upon our reminiscence pilot work,
but adds a CBPR approach and innovation of
using Peer Reminiscence Facilitators (PRF’s) to
deliver the intervention.
Data from this study will be used to:
culturally tailor PRIME to meet the
mental needs of the community.
develop a PRIME Resource Manual will be used to train peers to facilitate reminiscence.
Knowing patterns of reminiscence among the
target population is key in developing questions
that facilitate reminiscence to decrease
depressive symptoms/prevent major depression.
Findings will assist preparing PRF’s for
situations that could be problematic such as
bitterness revival or death preparation.
Submit R01 to test the effectiveness of PRIME on
depressive symptoms, loneliness and blood
pressure.
Conduct confirmatory factor analysis to examine
underlying factor structure
Examine the relationship between reminiscence
functions, life satisfaction, and general health in a
sample of older Black adults. .
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS (N= )
Modified Reminiscence Functions Scale
Item Response Examples
1 never very often
When I Reminisce it is to:
bring back bitter memories M=2.1, SD=1.1
When compared with Caucasian older adults this sample:
I will help here once we look at item means and standard deviations.
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Reminiscence Functions
Future Directions
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2010 UMass Seed Funding Program to
Advance Research and Scholarship
Photography by James Schuck
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University, College of Nursing.