A Study of the Effects of Playful Positive Aging Groups on the Well-Being of Taiwan's Elderly Incorporating Six Bricks and Play Box

Pay-Ling Harn, Yu-De Zhang, Ping Jen, Jia-Syun LEE, Hsin-Wen Chen

Playful approach, positive aging, Six Bricks, Play Box, well-being

This study aims to integrate Six Bricks and Play Box to develop a playful positive aging groupand further explore the effects of research intervention on the well-being of the elderly. The study involved 10 elderly Taiwanese, including 7 women and 3 male elders. The research participants accepted a playfulpositive aging group with a six-week, two-hour weekly and implemented “well-being scale for elders” before and after the group began and ended. The results showed that the mean of the researchparticipants in the pre-test of the “well-being scale for elders” was 3.95, with a standard deviation of 0.33. The post-test mean is 4.31, the standard deviation is 0.45, the difference between the pre- and post-test averages is 0.39, the t-value is -2.75, the p-value is 0.02, and the p<0.05, which is a significant difference. Therefore, the playfulpositive aging group showedan immediate effect on the well-being of the elderly. Based on the results of the study, the paper puts forward some suggestions for the research and practice of positive aging in the future.

https://doi.org/10.31871/WJRR.12.1.11