How does expressive writing take effect? Differential mechanisms of writing about stressful life events;Wie wirkt expressives schreiben? Differenzielle wirkfaktoren des schreibens über belastende lebensereignisse

Verhaltenstherapie

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-99

  Niedtfeld, Inga ^a,c   Schmidt, Alexander F ^b   Scholz, O Berndt ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c PSM Forschung/C4   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping; Disclosure; Emotion regulation; Expressive writing; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING; WELLBEING; WRITING;

EID: 46949102044     PISSN: 10166262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129682     Document Type: Article

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