Emotional Expression and Physical Health: Revising Traumatic Memories or Fostering Self-Regulation?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 588-602

  Greenberg, Melanie A ^a,b   Wortman, Camille B ^a   Stone, Arthur A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIFE EVENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHARSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WRITING;

EID: 0030239924     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.3.588     Document Type: Article

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