How do I love thee? Let me count the words: The social effects of expressive writing

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 660-664

  Slatcher, Richard B ^a   Pennebaker, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LINGUISTICS; LOVE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 33746848145     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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