The Effectiveness of Mind Games in Improving the Psychological Adjustment in Older Men

Abstract

Aim: The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of mind games in improving psychological adjustment in older men. Methods: The present quasi-experimental study had a pretest-posttest design with the control group. The statistical population consisted of 30 older retired men in District 5 of Tehran in 2019 with lower scores in the Bell Psychological Adjustment Inventory (1961) and they were randomly put into two 15-participant experimental and control groups. The experimental group received an intervention method of the mind games for eight 90-minute sessions and the results were analyzed using the univariate ANCOVA. Results: The results indicated that mind games improved psychological adjustment (P=0.001, F=34.80) and subscales, namely home adjustment (P=0.001, F=31.61), health adjustment (P=0.001, F=22.95), social adjustment (P=0.003, F=10.64), emotional adjustment (P=0.001, F=13.78), and job adjustment (P=0.005, F=9.47) in the older participants in the control group. Conclusion: According to the results, it seems that playing mind games improved adjustment in older people; hence, we suggest using this simple, cost-effective, and easy-to-use method.