Effects of emotional disclosure on psychological and physiological outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: An exploratory home-based study

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-285

  Wetherell, Mark A ^a,e   Byrne Davis, Lucie ^a,e   Dieppe, Paul ^a,e   Donovan, Jenny ^a,f   Brookes, Sara ^a   Byron, Margaret ^a   Vedhara, Kavita ^a,e   Horne, Robert ^b,f   Weinman, John ^c,g   Miles, Jeremy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC Health Services Research Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^f MRC Hlth Serv Res Collaboration ^*

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Emotional disclosure; Inhibition; Rheumatoid arthritis; Stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRESS; WRITING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20244388652     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105305049778     Document Type: Article

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