Benefits of expressive writing and expressive talking about life goals

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 923-930

  Harrist, Steve ^a   Carlozzi, Barbara L ^a   McGovern, Arthur R ^b   Harrist, Amanda W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nichols College   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Expressive talking; Expressive writing; Health; Life goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248573423     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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