Expressive Writing: Connections to Physical and Mental Health

The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pennebaker, James W ^a   Chung, Cindy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive change; Emotional upheaval; Expressive writing; Language; Mental health; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923411547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195342819.013.0018     Document Type: Chapter

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