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A postdeployment expressive writing intervention for military couples: a randomized controlled trial.

Jenna L Baddeley1, James W Pennebaker

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. jenna@mail.utexas.edu

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Brief expressive writing by soldiers, not spouses, improved marital adjustment for military couples after deployment. This effect was stronger for soldiers with high combat exposure.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Military Psychology
  • Relationship Science

Background:

  • Military deployments, particularly to Iraq and Afghanistan, place significant strain on relationships.
  • Reunification after deployment presents unique challenges for marital adjustment.
  • Expressive writing is a therapeutic technique that may help process emotions and improve well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of a brief expressive writing intervention on marital adjustment in recently reunited military couples.
  • To examine differential effects of expressive writing by soldiers versus spouses.
  • To explore the moderating role of combat exposure on the intervention's impact.

Main Methods:

  • 102 military couples, recently reunited after deployment, participated in the study.
  • Participants were randomly assigned to expressive writing about their relationship or a nonemotional control topic.
  • Marital adjustment was assessed before writing, and at 1 and 6 months post-intervention.

Main Results:

  • Couples where only the soldier engaged in expressive writing showed significant increases in marital satisfaction at the 1-month follow-up.
  • This positive effect was particularly pronounced for soldiers who reported high combat exposure.
  • No significant marital adjustment improvements were observed when only spouses wrote expressively or when both partners wrote expressively.

Conclusions:

  • A brief expressive writing intervention focused on the relationship can enhance marital satisfaction for military couples post-deployment, specifically when initiated by the soldier.
  • Soldier-initiated expressive writing may be a valuable tool for mitigating the negative impacts of combat exposure on marital relationships.
  • Future research should explore mechanisms underlying this soldier-specific effect and its long-term implications.