Writing About Emotional Experiences as a Therapeutic Process
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For the past decade, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that when individuals write about emotional experiences, significant physical and mental health improvements follow The basic paradigm and findings are summarized along with some boundary conditions Although a reduction in inhibition may contribute to the disclosure phenomenon changes in basic cognitive and linguistic processes during writing predict better health Implications for theory and treatment are discussed
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- Authors
- Pennebaker, J. W.
- Affiliations
- Southern Methodist University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pennebaker, James W.
- ORCID
- Pennebaker, James W.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1997-05
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 162-166
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2157985609
- Cited by
- 2,486
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 103 · 2025: 116 · 2024: 114 · 2023: 96 · 2022: 134 · 2021: 116 · 2020: 170 · 2019: 102 · 2018: 103 · 2017: 112 · 2016: 113 · 2015: 125 · 2014: 125 · 2013: 106 · 2012: 109
- FWCI
- 26.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- expressive writing, emotional experience, disclosure, inhibition, linguistic processes, psychological intervention, physical health, mental health
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