Tese
Reminiscencia y prospección de futuro en adultos mayores
Fecha
2021-12-17Autor
Montenegro, Pedro Jaime García
Institución
Resumen
Autobiographical memory and reminiscence are the bases on which personal narratives
are built, communicative resources that fulfill functions associated with the Self, but also
coordinate and enrich interactions with others. In turn, projecting the future time reinforces
our purposes and vital determinations. The objective of this research was to explain the
subjectivity of future prospecting (a precept of the social world) based on autobiographical
narratives (reminiscences) produced by the elderlies after participating in a cognitivecommunicative
stimulation program. This research assumed a mixed methodology in its
course; since initially evidence was obtained of the effect on global cognitive efficacy and
subjective well-being of a cognitive-communicative stimulation program based on
reminiscence (PECC-R); subsequently, a proposal for an autobiographical interview was
developed and the reason for its content validity was obtained, highlighting the clinical
projections that this instrument has for the Speech and Language practice with the elderly
population. Finally, from a qualitative perspective, the phenomenology of the relationship
between reminiscence and prospection in the aging of typical older people was studied
through autobiographical narratives. Theoretically, the paradigm of Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis is adhered to for these purposes since it was sought to
explain a precept of the social world (prospection) from autobiographical narratives
(reminiscences). The usefulness of reminiscence as a valid tool for the analysis and
interpretation of the future perspectives developed by the elderly is evident. It is expected
that, based on the data produced, the designs of Speech and Language interventions will
be restructured and rethought, incorporating this new knowledge to the evaluative and
therapeutic actions, rescuing the intersubjectivity inherent to aging to facilitate the
interaction with this age people, their groups and/or with other members of the health team interested in them.