Cognitive and emotional processing in narratives of women abused by intimate partners

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1192-1205

  Holmes, Danielle ^a   Alpers, Georg W ^b   Ismailji, Tasneem ^c   Classen, Catherine ^d   Wales, Talor ^e   Cheasty, Valerie ^f   Miller, Andrew ^c   Koopman, Cheryl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Warburg Early Childhood Center   (Germany)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Expressive writing; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BATTERED WOMEN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSE ABUSE; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35448974521     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207307801     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Alpers, G.W., Winzelberg, A.J., Classen, C., Dev, P., Koopman, C., Roberts, H., et al. (2005). Evaluation of automatic text analysis in an internet support group. Computers in Human Behavior, 21, 361-376.
2. Batten, S.V., Follette, V.M., & Palm, K.M. (2002). Physical and psychological effects of written disclosure among sexual abuse survivors. Behavior Therapy, 33, 107-122.
3. Beck, A.T., & Beamesderfer, A. (1974). Assessment of depression: The Depression Inventory. Modern Problems of Pharmacopsychiatry, 7, 151-169.
4. Beck, A.T., Steer, R.A., & Garbin, M.G. (1988). Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation. Clinical Psychology Review, 8, 77-100.
5. Brown, E.J., & Heimberg, R.G. (2001). Effects of writing about rape: Evaluating Pennebaker's paradigm with a severe trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14, 781-790.
6. Campbell, J.C. (2002). Health consequences of intimate partner violence. Lancet, 359, 1331-1336.
7. Campbell, J.C., Kub, J., Belknap, R.A., & Templin, T.N. (1997). Predictors of depression in battered women. Violence Against Women, 3, 271-293.
8. Cavanaugh, S., Clark, D.C., & Gibbons, R.D. (1983). Diagnosing depression in the hospitalized medically ill. Psychosomatics, 24, 809-815.
9. Crano, W.D., & Brewer, M.B. (2002). Principles and methods of social research (2 nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
10. Dienemann, J., Boyle, E., Baker, D., Resnick, W., Wiederhorn, N., & Campbell, J. (2000). Intimate partner abuse among women diagnosed with depression. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 21, 499-513.
11. Ehlers, A., & Clark, D.M. (2000). A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Behavior Research and Therapy, 38, 315-345.
12. Fischbach, R.L., & Herbert, B. (1997). Domestic violence and mental health: Correlates and conundrums within and across cultures. Social Science & Medicine, 45, 1161-1176.
13. Foa, E.B., Molnar, C., & Cashman, L. (1995). Change in rape narratives during exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, 675-690.
14. Francis, M.E., & Pennebaker, J.W. (1993). LIWC: Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (Tech. Rep.). Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University.
15. Gidron, Y., Peri, T., Connolly, J.F., & Shalev, A.Y. (1996). Written disclosure in posttraumatic stress disorder: Is it beneficial for the patient? Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 184, 505-507.
16. Greenberg, M.A., & Stone, A.A. (1992). Writing about disclosed versus undisclosed traumas: Immediate and long-term effects on mood and health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 75-84.
17. Harris, A.H.S., Thoresen, C.E., Humphreys, K., & Faul, J. (2005). Does writing affect asthma? A randomized trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 130-136.
18. Kendall-Tackett, K., Marshall, R., & Ness, K. (2003). Chronic pain syndromes and violence against women. Women and Therapy, 26 (1-2). 45-56.
19. Koopman, C., Ismailji, T., Holmes, D., Classen, C., Palesh, O., & Bendel, T. (2005). The effects of expressive writing on pain, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 211-221.
20. Lown, E.A., & Vega, W.A. (2001). Intimate partner violence and health: Self-assessed health, chronic health, and somatic symptoms among Mexican American women. Psychosomatic Medicine, 63, 352-360.
21. Pennebaker, J.W. (1993). Putting stress into words: Health, linguistic, and therapeutic implications. Behavior Research and Therapy, 31, 539-548.
22. Pennebaker, J.W. (2000). Telling stories: The health benefits of narrative. Literature and Medicine, 19 (1). 3-18.
23. Pennebaker, J.W., Barger, S.D., & Tiebout, J. (1989). Disclosure of traumas and health among Holocaust survivors. Psychosomatic Medicine, 51, 577-589.
24. Pennebaker, J.W., & Beall, S.K. (1986). Confronting a traumatic event: Toward an understanding of inhibition and disease. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95, 274-281.
25. Pennebaker, J.W., & Francis, M.E. (1996). Cognitive, emotional, and language processes in disclosure. Cognition and Emotion, 10, 601-626.
26. Pennebaker, J.W., Francis, M.E., & Booth, R. (2001). LIWC2001; Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (software and manual). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
27. Pennebaker, J.W., Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., & Glaser, R. (1988). Disclosure of traumas and immune function: Health implications for psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 56, 239-245.
28. Pennebaker, J.W., Mayne, T.J., & Francis, M.E. (1997). Linguistic predictors of adaptive bereavement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 863-871.
29. Pennebaker, J.W., & Seagal, J.D. (1999). Forming a story: The health benefits of narrative. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55, 1243-1254.
30. Smyth, J.M. (1998). Written emotional expression: Effect sizes, outcome types, and moderating variables. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 174-184.
31. Smyth, J.M., Stone, A.A., Hurewitz, A., & Kaell, A. (1999). Effects of writing about stressful experiences on symptom reduction in patients with asthma or rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of the American Medical Association, 281, 1304-1309.
32. Stein, M.B., & Kennedy, C. (2001). Major depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder comorbidity in female victims of intimate partner violence. Journal of Affective Disorders, 66 (2-3). 133-138.
33. Sutherland, C.A., Bybee, D.I., & Sullivan, C.M. (2002). Beyond bruises and broken bones: The joint effects of stress and injuries on battered women's health. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 609-636.
34. Tjaden, P., & Thoennes, N. (1998). Prevalence, incidence, and consequences of violence against women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
35. UCLA Department of Statistics. (2006). Correlation coefficient power calculations. Retrieved June 4, 2006 from http://calculators.stat.ucla.edu/ powercalc/correlation.
36. Ware, J.E., Snow, K.K., Kosinski, M., & Gandek, B. (1993). SF-36 Health Survey: Manual and interpretation guide. Boston: The Health Institute, New England Medical Center.
37. Warner, L.J., Lumley, M.A., Casey, R.J., Pierantoni, W., Salazar R., Zoratti, E.M., et al. (2005). Health effects of written emotional disclosure in adolescents with asthma: A randomized, controlled trial. Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access. Retrieved June 4, 2006 fromdoi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsj048, 1-12.
38. Weaver, T.L., & Etzel, J.C. (2003). Smoking patterns, symptoms of PTSD and depression: Preliminary findings from a sample of severely battered women. Addictive Behaviors, 28, 1665-1679.
39. U. S. Department of Justice. (2000). Intimate partner violence. Washington, DC: Author.