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초록

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of therapeutic music activities using reminiscence on ego-integrity and psychological well-being in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment. The study participants were elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment attending a dementia care center in S City, randomly assigned to an experimental group of 15 and a control group of 12. After conducting a pre-test for each group, therapeutic music activities using reminiscence were implemented for the experimental group at 50 minutes per session, totaling 12 sessions, while the control group received no related intervention. Then, post-tests were conducted for each group using the same scales. For ego-integrity, the scale developed by Kim Jeong-soon (1988) based on the theories of Miller (1983) and Erikson (1963), and modified by Lee Soo-jeong (2011) was used. For psychological well-being, the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) developed by Ryff (1989) and supplemented by Cho Yoon-joo (2007) and Lee Geum-ok (2011) was used. The study results were as follows. First, the pre-post scores of ego-integrity in the experimental group improved, and there was a statistically significant difference in post-test scores compared to the control group. Second, the pre-post scores of psychological well-being in the experimental group improved, and there was a statistically significant difference in post-test scores compared to the control group. Such study results have significance in that therapeutic music activities using reminiscence can be utilized as basic data for the development and application of program for psychological and emotional support in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment.

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