DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Park, Jiyoung | ko |
dc.contributor.author | Ayduk, Ozlem | ko |
dc.contributor.author | Kross, Ethan | ko |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-21T01:01:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-21T01:01:29Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2023-06-21 | - |
dc.date.created | 2023-06-21 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016-04 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | EMOTION, v.16, no.3, pp.349 - 364 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1528-3542 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10203/307362 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Prior research indicates that expressive writing enhances well-being by leading people to construct meaningful narratives that explain distressing life experiences. But how does expressive writing facilitate meaning-making? We addressed this issue in 2 longitudinal studies by examining whether and how expressive writing promotes self-distancing, a process that facilitates meaning-making. At baseline in both studies, participants reflected on a distressing life experience. In Study 1 participants were then randomly assigned to write about their distressing experience or a non-emotional topic for 15 min on 3 consecutive days; in Study 2 participants were randomly assigned to write or think about their distressing experience or write about a non-emotional topic for the same amount of time. One day following the intervention, expressive writing participants in both studies self-distanced more when they reflected over their distressing experience compared with participants in the other conditions, which in turn led them to experience less emotional reactivity 1 month (Studies 1 and 2) and 6 months (Study 2) after the intervention. Analyses using data from both studies indicated that expressive writing reduced physical symptoms indirectly through its effects on self-distancing and emotional reactivity [ that is, expressive writing group (vs. comparison groups) -> greater self-distancing -> less emotional reactivity -> fewer physical symptoms]. Finally, linguistic analyses using essays from both studies indicated that increased use of causation words and decreased use of negative emotion words and first-person singular pronouns predicted increases in self-distancing over time. These findings demonstrate that expressive writing promotes self-distancing and illustrate how it does so. | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.publisher | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC | - |
dc.title | Stepping Back to Move Forward: Expressive Writing Promotes Self-Distancing | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000373399800008 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-84946434471 | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.citation.volume | 16 | - |
dc.citation.issue | 3 | - |
dc.citation.beginningpage | 349 | - |
dc.citation.endingpage | 364 | - |
dc.citation.publicationname | EMOTION | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1037/emo0000121 | - |
dc.contributor.localauthor | Park, Jiyoung | - |
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthor | Ayduk, Ozlem | - |
dc.contributor.nonIdAuthor | Kross, Ethan | - |
dc.description.isOpenAccess | N | - |
dc.type.journalArticle | Article | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | expressive writing | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | meaning-making | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | self-distancing | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | emotional reactivity | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | EMOTIONAL DISCLOSURE | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | STRESSFUL EVENTS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | LANGUAGE USE | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | HEALTH | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | REFLECTION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | REPRESENTATIONS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | ADOLESCENTS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | PERSPECTIVE | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | ADJUSTMENT | - |
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