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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of therapeutic music activities combined with structured life review technique on aging anxiety and psychological well-being in the elderly. The subjects of this study were elderly people over 65 years of age who used senior welfare center, 13 in the experimental group and 14 in the control group. After conducting the pre-test for each group, therapeutic music activities combined with the structured life review technique for 50 minutes per session, 8 sessions in the experimental group. Afterward, each group was subjected to the same post-test. To measure aging anxiety, the Anxiety about Aging Scale(AAS) developed by Lasher and Faulkender(1993) and translated by Kim Wook(2010) was used, and the scale reconstructed by Jang Hye-Jin(2015) was used for the Psychological Well-Being Scale(PWBS) developed by Ryff(1989) to measure psychological well-being. The results of the study are as follows. First, there were statistically significant differences in the comparison of the pre and post aging anxiety scores within the experimental group, as well as between the post test scores of the experimental and control groups. Second, there were statistically significant differences in the comparison of the pre and post scores the psychological well-being within the experimental group, as well as between the post test scores of the experimental and control groups. These findings suggest that therapeutic music activities, combined with a structured life review technique, can be an important tool for improving the quality of life and promoting successful aging in the elderly.

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