Disclosure of sexual victimization: The effects of Pennebaker's emotional disclosure paradigm on physical and psychological distress

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-209

  Kearns, Megan C ^a   Edwards, Katie M ^b   Calhoun, Karen S ^a   Gidycz, Christine A ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional disclosure; Expressive writing intervention; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD CHANGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNIVERSITIES; WRITING;

EID: 77951160110     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299730903502979     Document Type: Article

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