The benefits of expressive writing after the Madrid terrorist attack: Implications for emotional activation and positive affect
作者:
Itziar Fernández,
Darío Páez,
期刊:
British Journal of Health Psychology
(WILEY Available online 2008)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 1
页码: 31-34
ISSN:1359-107X
年代: 2008
DOI:10.1348/135910707X251234
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
This study examined the effects of expressive narrative writing in 607 participants. Compared with a control group, the participants randomly assigned to write about their feelings and thoughts after the Madrid train attack on M11 report less negative emotions related to the recall of the collective trauma at a 2‐month follow‐up after the attacks. However, no effects were found on positive affect, probably because the study had only one writing session of brief duration. Stronger feelings of joy, use of positive words, and low use of negative words in the narratives predicted low emotional activation at follow
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