追逐难以捉摸的表现性写作效果:情感接受指令和作家参与改善了结果
Stephanie S Rude1, Crystal Lantrip2,3, Vanessa A Aguirre4
1Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Frontiers in psychology
|June 30, 2023
概括
表达式写作 (EW) 显示出不同的结果,但较长的文章和接受度增强的指令可以改善心理健康结果. 更加深入地参与写作,会为参与者带来更多好处.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 心理健康干预 心理健康干预
背景情况:
- 潘内贝克的表达式写作 (EW) 范式显示出对心理健康的承诺,但具有不一致的复制性.
- 在EW结果的变化需要了解其有效性的条件.
研究的目的:
- 调查影响表达式写作 (EW) 结果的因素.
- 探索鼓励情感接受和文章长度的增强指令对EW有效性的影响.
主要方法:
- 传统的EW (tEW) 与接受增强的EW (AEEW) 和对照组进行了比较.
- 参与者在三天内写下了15分钟的情绪体验或日常活动.
- 自我报告的抑郁症是主要的结果指标.
主要成果:
- 文章长度调节了结果,较长的文章显示了显著的差异.
- AEEW条件的表现优于tEW和对象,对参与者进行了更长的论文.
- 在tEW和对照组之间没有发现显著差异.
结论:
- 作者的参与度,以文章长度来表示,是EW有效性的关键因素.
- 鼓励接受情感经历可能会增加好处.
- 针对有动力个人的有针对性的干预措施可以优化心理健康结果.
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