Psychological impact of writing about abuse or positive experiences

Violence and Victims

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 717-728

  Antal, Holly M Aldridge ^a   Range, Lillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Disclosure; Pennebaker; Writing

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WRITING;

EID: 32344446896     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088667005780927458     Document Type: Article

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