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Creativity enhancement: possibilities for successful aging.

Meredith Flood1, Kathleen Scharer

  • 1Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223-0001, USA. mflood@uncc.edu

Issues in Mental Health Nursing
|September 13, 2006
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Functional performance, not creativity, significantly predicts purpose in life, a key indicator of successful aging in older adults. This study explored creativity enhancement interventions for promoting healthy aging.

Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Psychology
  • Nursing

Background:

  • Successful aging is a growing public health concern in the U.S.
  • Existing research lacks practical guidelines for promoting successful aging.
  • The Roy Adaptation Model provides a framework for understanding adaptation to declining health.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationships between functional performance, creativity, and successful aging.
  • To investigate the applicability of the Roy Adaptation Model to successful aging.
  • To assess the impact of a creativity enhancement intervention on older adults.

Main Methods:

  • A pretest-posttest experimental design was employed.
  • The study involved older adults participating in a creativity enhancement program.

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  • Relationships between functional performance, creativity, and successful aging indicators were analyzed.

    • Main Results:

    • Functional performance was a significant predictor of purpose in life, an indicator of successful aging.
    • Creativity was not a significant predictor of successful aging in this study.
    • The creativity enhancement intervention did not significantly increase creativity or successful aging.

    Conclusions:

    • Functional performance is crucial for maintaining purpose in life among older adults.
    • While the intervention showed limited direct impact, findings suggest potential for creativity enhancement.
    • Further research is needed to refine interventions for promoting successful aging.