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Who does expressive writing work for? Examination of alexithymia, splitting, and repressive coping style as
1School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales and Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia. k.baikie@unsw.edu.au
Objective:
This paper examines the moderating influence of alexithymia, splitting, and repressive coping style in the expressive writing paradigm.
Method:
Eighty-eight university students randomized to four weekly 20-minute expressive or neutral writing sessions, with 1-month follow-up.
Results:
Expressive writing was more beneficial for individuals scoring higher on alexithymia and splitting, but not repressive coping.
Conclusions:
Future research should include personality measures in explorations of expressive writing to further understand the boundary conditions of the expressive writing paradigm.
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