Mindfulness and experiential avoidance as predictors and outcomes of the narrative emotional disclosure task

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 971-988

  Moore, Susan D ^a,b   Brody, Leslie R ^a   Dieberger, Amy E ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential avoidance; Mental health; Mindfulness; Narratives; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NARRATIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349490631     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20600     Document Type: Article

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