The unexpected impact of expressive writing on posttraumatic stress and growth in Chinese American breast cancer survivors.
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DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22636
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The present study examined the impact of expressive writing on reducing posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSS) and facilitating posttraumatic growth (PTG) in Chinese American breast cancer survivors. METHOD Ninety-six women who had completed primary… read more here.
Keywords: expressive writing; impact expressive; breast cancer; cancer ... See more keywords
The impact of an expressive writing intervention on quality of life among Chinese breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
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DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4308-9
Abstract: BackgroundExpressive writing interventions are shown to confer physical and psychological benefits for Caucasian cancer survivors. This study evaluated the health benefits of an expressive writing intervention among breast cancer patients in mainland China.MethodsStage I-III Chinese… read more here.
Keywords: expressive writing; writing intervention; undergoing chemotherapy; breast cancer ... See more keywords
Effect of prolonged expressive writing on health outcomes in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
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DOI: 10.1007/s00520-020-05590-y
Abstract: Purpose This study aims to evaluate the effects of prolonged expressive writing on health outcomes in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy to help understand how the dosage of an expressive writing intervention might moderate its… read more here.
Keywords: expressive writing; prolonged expressive; writing group; breast cancer ... See more keywords
A critique of expressive writing experiment in the cancer population: Focus on construct validity
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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-018-0042-1
Abstract: Expressive writing was proposed to facilitate cognitive processing and disinhibition of emotions in people confronted with traumatic events. Contrary to the findings found in the general population, recent meta-analyses failed to support its effect in… read more here.
Keywords: cancer; construct validity; population; expressive writing ... See more keywords
Emotional disclosure and emotion change during an expressive-writing task: Do pronouns matter?
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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-018-0094-2
Abstract: Expressive writing is an effective way to facilitate the emotional recovery from a stressor, but little is known about how adopting a first-person versus third-person perspective while writing affects the disclosure and experience of emotion.… read more here.
Keywords: expressive writing; change; person; first person ... See more keywords
Expressive writing for wildfire-affected pregnant women: Themes of challenge and resilience
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101730
Abstract: Abstract The worst disaster of natural origin in recent Canadian history occurred in May 2016 in the northern Alberta community of Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo (FMWB). Among the 88,000 people abruptly evacuated amidst a raging… read more here.
Keywords: expressive writing; pregnant women; study; resilience ... See more keywords
Unexpected effects of expressive writing on post-disaster distress in the Hurricane Harvey Study: a randomized controlled trial in perinatal women.
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DOI: 10.1017/s003329172100074x
Abstract: BACKGROUND Expressive writing requires journaling stressor-related thoughts and feelings over four daily sessions of 15 min. Thirty years of research have popularized expressive writing as a brief intervention for fostering trauma-related resilience; however, its ability… read more here.
Keywords: expressive writing; post; intervention; traumatic stress ... See more keywords
Effects of replay and rehearsal expressive writing on mental health: a randomized controlled trial
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DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2022.2140783
Abstract: Abstract Background Expressive writing about previous interactions has been found to improve mental health, but the effect of expressive writing about future imagined interactions has not been explored. Methods To examine the effects of rehearsal… read more here.
Keywords: time; group; rehearsal expressive; mental health ... See more keywords
Testing the benefits of expressive writing for workplace embitterment: a randomized control trial
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DOI: 10.1080/1359432x.2019.1580694
Abstract: ABSTRACT Clinicians working in occupational health services often recognize features of embitterment in organizations; however, research on interventions for embitterment are scarce. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an expressive writing intervention… read more here.
Keywords: workplace embitterment; expressive writing; control trial; intervention ... See more keywords
Impact of Narrative Expressive Writing on Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, and Blood Pressure After Marital Separation
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DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000000475
Abstract: Objective Divorce is a common stressor that is associated with increased risk for poor long-term physical and mental health. Using an experimental design, the current study examined the impact of expressive writing (EW) on average… read more here.
Keywords: expressive writing; heart rate; heart; marital separation ... See more keywords
Investigating the influence of expressive writing exercises on the working memory of middle adolescents and young adults in South Africa
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DOI: 10.1177/00812463211043450
Abstract: This study investigated the influence of expressive writing on the working memory capacity of middle adolescents (learners 15–17 years old) and young adults (students 18–24 years old) in the South African context. The assumption underlying the research… read more here.
Keywords: expressive writing; working memory; memory capacity; memory ... See more keywords