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Expressive Writing, Emotional Upheavals, and Health
Abstract
There is a long history in psychology and medicine linking the occurrence of traumatic experiences with subsequent physical and mental health problems. What is it about a trauma that influences health? Several candidates immediately come to mind. Psychologically, personal upheavals provoke intense and long-lasting emotional changes. The unexpected events are generally associated with cognitive disruption, including rumination and attempts to understand what happened and why. Socially, traumas are known to cause wholesale disruptions in people’s social networks. Behaviorally, and perhaps because of the social and psychological changes, traumas are often associated with lifestyle changes such as unhealthy smoking, drinking, exercise, sleeping, and eating patterns. Each of these psychological, social, and behavioral effects is associated with a host of biological changes, including elevations in cortisol, immune disruption, cardiovascular changes, and a cascade of neurotransmitter changes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pennebaker, J. W., & Chung, C. K.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- ORCID
- Pennebaker, James W
- Venue
- Foundations of Health Psychology
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York, NY
- Published
- 2006-08-31
- Pages
- 263-284
- OpenAlex
- W2948169944
- Cited by
- 449
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 35.89
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Keywords
- expressive writing, trauma, physical health, mental health, rumination, social networks, lifestyle modification, cortisol, cardiovascular changes, neurotransmitters
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