Savor-Aging: the Art of Savoring Positive Emotions

Promoting Positive Emotions and Savoring in the Elderly Through an Online Self-help Intervention: a Controlled Study.

This study is part of the larger project to promote positive aging (PNRR Age-IT Project) in the elderly through the amplification of positive experiences and emotions. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effects in terms of effectiveness of the "Savoring: the art of savoring positive emotions project", which is a self-help e-savoring training aimed at increasing psychological and subjective well-being in elderly participants. As secondary goals, this study aims to decrease depression and feelings of loneliness. An additional objective is to investigate user experience regarding the online protocol. A between-subjects design will be used.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age over 60
• Adequate understanding of the Italian language
• Possession of a technological tool to be able to access the Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a score below 26 on the MMSE that will be administered by telephone (Itel-MMSE) before division into the two groups. The Itel-MMSE scores will be converted into MMSE scores.