En el presente trabajo se estudian los efectos psicológicos que los talleres de actividades de ocio desarrollados en un Centro de Día para Mayores tienen sobre el bienestar subjetivo de sus usuarios. Sobre una muestra de 122 personas de edades comprendidas entre los 50 y 82 años (edad media = 67.6), repartidas en cinco grupos—gimnasia, manualidades, informática, dibujo-pintura y control—, utilizando un diseño cuasiexperimental pre-test/post-test, se analizan las siguientes variables: satisfacción vital, depresión y soledad. Los resultados hallados confirman que estas actividades de ocio hacen disminuir los niveles de depresión y soledad entre sus usuarios, al tiempo que ayudan a incrementar su satisfacción vital. Estos beneficios se mantienen tres meses después de la conclusión de los talleres.
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