Expressive writing reduces avoidance and somatic complaints in a community sample with constraints on expression

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-56

  Swanbon, Thomas ^a   Boyce, Lindsay ^a   Greenberg, Melanie A ^a,b,c  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NARRATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STEREOTYPING; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 39649109476     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X251180     Document Type: Article

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