ANTICIPATING ATTENDANCE IN REMINISCENCE THERAPY WITH MEASURES OF MOODAND HAPPINESS

Nineteen community volunteers for a reminiscence intervention were gro uped into those attending no more than one-quarter of sessions and tho se attending approximately three-quarters of sessions. A model of psyc hological well-being was used to discriminate these groups. Prediction s from the model were confirmed in two analyses: attendance was relate d negatively to baseline mood but positively to baseline happiness; th e acute/chronic environmental discrepancy term of the model was negati vely related to attendance. The model correctly assigned 16/19 (85%) o f subjects to attendance categories.