Targeting writing interventions to emotional processing level: a factorial experimental design

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2939-2962

  Maddalena, Cheryl J ^a   Saxey Reese, Ruth ^b   Barnes, Elizabeth Lester ^b  

^a Big Tree Arts   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best possible self; Design of experiments; Emotional approach coping; Emotional processing; Expressive writing; Factorial design; Writing interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920973918     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-013-9933-2     Document Type: Article

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