Forming a story: The health benefits of narrative

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1243-1254

  Pennebaker, James W ^a   Seagal, Janel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; WRITING;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032842387     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199910)55:10<1243::AID-JCLP6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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