Research And Design On The Experience Of Nostalgia Therapy To Improve Negative Emotions Of Lonely Elderly People

With the progress of aging and urbanization in China,as well as the changes in traditional family models,the number of empty nest elderly people is constantly increasing,as they have transformed into living with their spouses or living alone.The elderly living alone,as a more special group than the empty nest elderly,lose their spouse and live alone.The special living environment makes the elderly living alone more susceptible to negative emotions.At present,research has shown that nostalgia therapy,as a non pharmacological psychological intervention method,has been proven to have a positive and healthy effect on improving negative emotions in foreign countries.In this context,this project attempts to analyze the true psychological demands of elderly people living alone from the perspective of experiential design,and provides an experiential design plan to improve the negative emotions of elderly people living alone using nostalgia therapy as a trigger point.Firstly,based on literature,a segmented study was conducted on the population of elderly individuals living alone,clarifying three different stages of living alone:role transformation stage,role adaptation stage,and role stability stage;At the same time,based on the PANAS Positive and Negative Emotion Scale and the three stages of living alone elderly people,the psychological state,emotional types,and influencing factors of living alone elderly people in the three stages were investigated and analyzed,clarifying the basic situation and demands of the users studied,and providing direction guidance for further design practice.Secondly,through literature research on the theoretical basis and positive significance of nostalgia therapy,the improvement effect of nostalgia therapy on negative emotions was summarized;And split the constituent elements of nostalgia therapy,analyze and summarize the design opportunities of the four elements that make up nostalgia therapy based on the current application status,and provide methodological support for subsequent design practices.Based on the five elements of the experience design model framework:User,Medium,Context,Activity,and Product,combined with the situation and behavior of the elderly living alone in the three stages,and based on the design opportunities of nostalgia therapy,a design strategy emphasizing both material and spiritual aspects was derived,and the research framework of the experience design model based on nostalgia therapy was output.Finally,based on the above theoretical research,under the guidance of the experience design model framework of nostalgia therapy,a nostalgia content training based on three stages of living alone was proposed.Through the use of multi-sensory and interesting nostalgia media to trigger memories,nostalgia therapy practice was carried out,focusing on cognitive function training to prevent physiological aging and emotional perception to alleviate negative emotions,gradually improving the negative emotions of elderly living alone from shallow to deep stages,To fill the gap in the application of nostalgic therapy in the field of design and promote the healthy development of China’s aging industry.