Journal article
Expressive writing intervention for adolescents' somatic symptoms and mood
Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology, Vol.33(4), pp.792-801
12/2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/113890
PMID: 15498746
Abstract
The effects of a widely used expressive writing intervention on adolescents' somatic symptoms, distress, and positive psychological functioning were evaluated. Eighth-grade (n=106) students were randomly assigned to write about either an emotional or a neutral topic for 3 consecutive days. Students completed measures of somatic symptoms, medical visits, distress, and positive functioning at baseline, postintervention, and 2 and 6 weeks later. Somatic symptoms and medical visits were unchanged as a result of the intervention. However, significant Time Condition effects indicated that optimism scores increased, negative-affect scores decreased, and positive-affect words in student essays increased in the experimental condition. Expressive writing shows promise as a cost-efficient intervention to address the emotional concerns of young adolescents; further work with clinical populations may lead to even more robust results.
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- Title
- Expressive writing intervention for adolescents' somatic symptoms and mood
- Creators
- Elizabeth Soliday - Department of Psychology, Washington State University at Vancouver, 98696, USA. soliday@vancouver.wsu.eduJohn P GarofaloDebra Rogers
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology, Vol.33(4), pp.792-801
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Publisher
- England
- Identifiers
- 99900547452201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article