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Okun MA, Olding RW, Cohn CM. A meta-analysis of subjective well-being interventions among elders. Psychol Bull. 1990;108(2):257-66doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.108.2.257.
Okun, M. A., Olding, R. W., & Cohn, C. M. (1990). A meta-analysis of subjective well-being interventions among elders. Psychological bulletin, 108(2), 257-66. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.108.2.257
Okun, M A, et al. "A meta-analysis of subjective well-being interventions among elders." Psychological bulletin vol. 108,2 (1990): 257-66. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.108.2.257
Okun MA, Olding RW, Cohn CM. A meta-analysis of subjective well-being interventions among elders. Psychol Bull. 1990 Sep;108(2):257-66. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.108.2.257. PMID: 2146695.
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Psychol Bull. 1990 Sep;108(2):257-66. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.108.2.257.

A meta-analysis of subjective well-being interventions among elders.

Psychological bulletin

M A Okun, R W Olding, C M Cohn

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  1. Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1104.

PMID: 2146695 DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.108.2.257

Abstract

This meta-analysis demonstrated that interventions have a significant (p less than .05) immediate posttreatment influence on elders' subjective well-being but that their beneficial effect dissipates within 1 month. For 28 effect sizes derived from immediate posttreatment occasions (delay = 0 days), the median value was 0.67. Immediate posttreatment effect sizes for control enhancement (M = 1.12), psychoeducational (M = 0.70), and social activity (M = 0.66) treatments were significantly (p less than .05) above zero and not significantly different from each other. In contrast, for 17 effect sizes derived from delayed posttest occasions (delay greater than 0 days), the median value was 0.07. For effect sizes extracted from studies with both an immediate and a delayed posttest, the mean decrease over a 30-day period was 1.02.

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