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In Control and Glad Of It!

In Control and Glad Of It!. By: Max Redeker. Background. Langer and Rodin wanted to test whether personal responsibility for one’s life impacts one’s health and happiness. Method . Cooperation with nursing home called Arden House in Connecticut Randomly chose two floors to test on (2 and 4)

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In Control and Glad Of It!

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  1. In Control and Glad Of It! By: Max Redeker

  2. Background • Langer and Rodin wanted to test whether personal responsibility for one’s life impacts one’s health and happiness

  3. Method • Cooperation with nursing home called Arden House in Connecticut • Randomly chose two floors to test on (2 and 4) • 2nd floor - comparison group • 4th floor - increased responsibility treatment • 91 subjects ages 65-90

  4. Procedure • Nursing home administrator gave messages to both floors • Floor 2 message - told patients the nurses were going to try and make the home as comfortable as possible • 4th floor message - to make the home more comfortable, they were going to have more control over operations around the nursing home.

  5. Findings/Conclusions • Increased-responsibility group was happier than control group. • 93% of experimental group improved in happiness • Only 21% of comparison group improved • Nurses (blind to experiment) agreed that experimental group’s overall happiness increased.

  6. Findings/conclusions

  7. Applications • B/c more control = more happiness, institutions encourage more personal control over patient’s lives • More freedom = less depression • One can have too much freedom and choice.

  8. Criticism • Langer and Rodin’s own criticism; unethical to provide certain freedoms to subjects, and take the freedoms away after testing.

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