Expressive Writing Buffers Against Maladaptive Rumination

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 302-306

  Sloan, Denise M ^a,b   Marx, Brian P ^a,b   Epstein, Eva M ^c   Dobbs, Jennifer L ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brooding; depression; expressive writing; reflective pondering; rumination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; STRESS; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 43549086682     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.8.2.302     Document Type: Article

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