%0 Journal Article
%T A Qualitative Study of Young Adults Experience With a Reminiscence
%A D. J. Hallford
%A D. Mellor
%A M. E. Burgat
%J Emerging Adulthood
%@ 2167-6984
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2167696818769175
%X Reminiscence therapy is a novel psychosocial approach to treating depressive symptoms in young adults. We present the first qualitative inquiry into young adultsĄŻ experience of reminiscence-based therapy, aimed at exploring attitudes toward this approach and their view of processes underpinning positive change. Help-seeking young adults (mean age = 20.8, SD = 1.6) with at least moderate depressive symptoms were interviewed following a course of cognitive-reminiscence therapy. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The intervention was reported to be a positive experience that led to positive outcomes. Change was attributed to common therapy factors and specific factors of cognitive reframing, increasing awareness of a broader life story, learning from the past to feel more confident and able to cope, and strengthened self-worth and self-acceptance. These findings provide unique insight into young adultsĄŻ experience with reminiscence-based treatment for depressive symptoms and indicate it is generally acceptable, useful, and age-appropriate for them
%K reminiscence therapy
%K depression
%K cognitive-reminiscence therapy
%K depression
%K young adults
%K qualitative
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167696818769175