Long-term effects of a control-relevant intervention with the institutionalized aged

Rodin (1977) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Rodin and Langer re-evaluated, eighteen months later, elderly nursing home residents who had taken part in an intervention designed to raise feelings of choice and personal responsibility over daily events. Using nurses' ratings and other indicators, they report that the treatment, or the processes it set in motion, appears to have had sustained beneficial effects.

Rodin and Langer re-evaluated, eighteen months later, elderly nursing home residents who had taken part in an intervention designed to raise feelings of choice and personal responsibility over daily events. Using nurses' ratings and other indicators, they report that the treatment, or the processes it set in motion, appears to have had sustained beneficial effects.

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