Table 6.
Personal growth.
| Title | Outcome description | N | Timepoint | Outcome type | Intervention | Comparison | ES (95% CI) | SE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippendale (2015) | Agency | 39 | 1 weeks | Continuous | Living Legends—reminiscence and sharing | Control group—writing self‐story but no sharing | 0.63 (−0.02, 1.28) | 0.33 |
| Dawson (2017) | Self efficacy | 17 | Continuous | Ageless Play—activity sessions in multigenerational park | Control group—no contact or exercise |
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| Self worth | 17 | Continuous | Ageless Play—activity sessions in multigenerational park | Control group— no contact or exercise |
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| Personal growth | 17 | Continuous | Ageless Play—activity sessions in multigenerational park | Control group—no contact or exercise |
‐ Data unavailable |
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| George (2011) | Sense of purpose | 15 | 1 weeks | Continuous | Volunteering in school (mentoring and small groups work) | Control group—education sessions only | 0.76 (−0.3, 1.82) | 0.54 |
| Sense of usefulness | 15 | 1 weeks | Continuous | Volunteering in school (mentoring and small groups work) | Control group—education sessions only | 0.32 (−0.7, 1.34) | 0.52 | |
| Gruenewald (2016) | Generative desire | 589 | 4 months | Continuous | Experience Corps—volunteering in schools | Control group—volunteering but with less potential for intergenerational interaction | 0.18 (0.02, 0.34) | 0.08 |
| Generative achievement | 589 | 4 months | Continuous | Experience Corps—volunteering in schools | Control group—volunteering but with less potential for intergenerational interaction | 0.29 (0.13, 0.45) | 0.08 | |
| Shkilnyk (1984) | Life satisfaction | 50 | 1 weeks | Continuous | Nursing home visiting programme | Control group—no visiting | 0.44 (−0.13, 1.01) | 0.29 |
| Sipsas‐Herrmann (2000) | Generativity | 60 | 1 weeks | Continuous | SCARE (Student Created Aggression Replacement Education)—aggression reduction program delivered by older people | Control group—vocational development program delivered by video | 0.80 (0.29, 1.31) | 0.26 |
| Ego integrity | 60 | 1 weeks | Continuous | SCARE (Student Created Aggression Replacement Education)—aggression reduction program delivered by older people | Control group—vocational development program delivered by video | 0.27 (−0.24, 0.78) | 0.26 | |
| Thornton (2018) | Self efficacy for advocacy | 50 | 1 weeks | Continuous | Senior change makers—advocacy program | Control group—physical activity program (less intergenerational contact) | 0.42 (−0.17, 1.01) | 0.30 |
Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; ES, effect size; N, sample size; SE, standard error.