类风湿性关节炎
焦虑
心理干预
系统性红斑狼疮
心理学
心理治疗师
特质焦虑
临床心理学
物理疗法
医学
精神科
内科学
疾病
作者
Sharon Danoff‐Burg,John D. Agee,Norman R. Romanoff,Joel M. Kremer,James M. Strosberg
标识
DOI:10.1080/14768320500456996
摘要
Abstract An intriguing question within the expressive writing literature is whether writing interventions that focus on positive aspects of adverse experiences can produce health benefits, particularly among individuals with serious physical illness. Seventy-five adults with lupus or rheumatoid arthritis were randomly assigned to one of three 4-session writing interventions: benefit finding (BF), standard expressive writing (EW), or a control group. Follow-up questionnaires were completed one and three months later. At three months, fatigue was lower in the BF and EW groups than in the control group. BF appeared effective in reducing pain levels for participants with high trait anxiety, whereas EW appeared effective for participants with low trait anxiety. No significant group effects were found for psychological functioning or disability. Results are discussed with regard to the literature on BF and EW among medical patients. Keywords: Expressive writingemotional disclosurebenefit findingrheumatoid arthritislupus Acknowledgements This research was supported by grants, to one of the authors (S.D.-B.), from the John Templeton Foundation, the Northeastern New York Lupus Foundation of America, and the University at Albany Faculty Research Award Program. The authors are grateful to Catherine Mosher, Asani Seawell, and Christoffer Grant for their assistance with data management. Notes Note [1] Instructions given to participants for the first writing session are printed in Stanton and Danoff-Burg (2002 Stanton, AL and Danoff-Burg, S. 2002. "Emotional expression, expressive writing, and cancer". In The writing cure, Edited by: Lepore, SJ and Smyth, JM. 31–51. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. [Google Scholar]).
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