Participant experiences of a written emotional disclosure intervention in asthma

Stress and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Theadom, Alice ^a   Smith, Helen ^a   Horne, Rob ^b   Bowskill, Richard ^a   Apfelbacher, Christian J ^a   Frew, Anthony J ^c  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emotional disclosure; Framework analysis; Pilot study; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; WRITING;

EID: 75849116786     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1255     Document Type: Article

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