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Writing About Emotional Experiences as a Therapeutic Process
Abstract
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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“Expressing emotions prevents inhibition and allows the patient to identify what their needs are.”
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“Emotional expression gives the patient an opportunity to process and understand their feelings (Pennebaker 1997).”
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“On the one hand, there is a large literature suggesting that problem-focused coping or writing about the effects and implications of emotional events is beneficial for well-being and health (e.g., Lepore, 1997; Pennebaker, 1997; Spera, Buhrfeind, & Pennebaker, 1994).”
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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
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- 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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