The benefits of expressive writing after the Madrid terrorist attack: Implications for emotional activation and positive affect

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-34

  Fernández, Itziar ^a   Páez, Darío ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD A DISTANCIA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; TERRORISM; WRITING;

ADULT; AFFECT; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPAIN; TERRORISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 39649118015     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X251234     Document Type: Article

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