The Health Benefits of Writing About Life Goals  

Oleh:

King, Laura A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 27 no. 7 (2001), page 798-807.
Topik: Health; health benefit; writing; life goals
Fulltext: 798PSPB277.pdf (87.61KB)

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In a variation on Pennebaker’s writing paradigm, a sample of 81 undergraduates wrote about one of four topics for 20 minutes each day for 4 consecutive days. Participants were randomly assigned to write about their most traumatic life event, their best possible future self, both of these topics, or a nonemotional control topic. Mood was measured before and after writing and health center data for illness were obtained with participant consent. Three weeks later, measures of subjective well -being were obtained. Writing about life goals was significantly less upsetting than writing about trauma and was associated with a significant increase in subjective well - being. Five months after writing, a significant interaction emerged such that writing about trauma, one’s best possible self, or both were associated with decreased illness compared with controls. Results indicate that writing about self - regulatory topics can be associated with the same health benefits as writing about trauma.

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