TY - JOUR
T1 - The value of social attributes of stimuli for promoting engagement in persons with dementia
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
AU - Thein, Khin
AU - Dakheel-Ali, Maha
AU - Regier, Natalie G.
AU - Marx, Marcia S.
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - The present study examined the impact of different attributes of social stimuli using the stimulus attributes aspect of the Comprehensive Process Model of Engagement ( Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 17:299-307). Participants were 193 residents of 7 Maryland nursing homes with a diagnosis of dementia. Stimuli were chosen to represent different levels of the following social attributes: social versus not social, realistic versus not realistic, animated versus nonanimated, human versus nonhuman, and alive versus not alive. Participants had significantly longer engagement, were significantly more attentive, and displayed a significantly more positive attitude with social stimuli than with nonsocial stimuli. Longer durations and higher ratings of attention and attitude were seen with realistic and animated stimuli as compared to their counterparts. Human and live stimuli resulted in significantly more engagement than their counterparts. Giving any social stimulus to the residents is preferable to providing none, and the social attributes of stimuli should be maximized.
AB - The present study examined the impact of different attributes of social stimuli using the stimulus attributes aspect of the Comprehensive Process Model of Engagement ( Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 17:299-307). Participants were 193 residents of 7 Maryland nursing homes with a diagnosis of dementia. Stimuli were chosen to represent different levels of the following social attributes: social versus not social, realistic versus not realistic, animated versus nonanimated, human versus nonhuman, and alive versus not alive. Participants had significantly longer engagement, were significantly more attentive, and displayed a significantly more positive attitude with social stimuli than with nonsocial stimuli. Longer durations and higher ratings of attention and attitude were seen with realistic and animated stimuli as compared to their counterparts. Human and live stimuli resulted in significantly more engagement than their counterparts. Giving any social stimulus to the residents is preferable to providing none, and the social attributes of stimuli should be maximized.
KW - Dementia
KW - comprehensive process model of engagement
KW - engagement
KW - nursing home
KW - social stimuli
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77955620023&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181e9dc76
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181e9dc76
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C2 - 20699725
AN - SCOPUS:77955620023
VL - 198
SP - 586
EP - 592
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
SN - 0022-3018
IS - 8
ER -