The mental and physical well-being of formerly depressed college students: a preventive intervention study
Year: 2005
Type: dissertation
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: This study examined the benefits of a therapeutic writing intervention (Pennebaker, 1989) in a depression-vulnerable student population.In applying the expressive writing paradigm to a depression-vulnerable population, the purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to determine the long-term therapeutic and preventive effects of expressive writing in formerly depressed college students over the course of 6 months and (2) to assess the therapeutic effectiveness of booster writing sessions 5 weeks after the initial writing intervention.Effects were assessed at a 5-week and 6-month followup.Ninety-seven undergraduate students who met the criteria of a past episode of mild to moderate depression were randomly assigned to either an experimental or control writing condition.The experimental group was instructed to write about their deepest thoughts and feelings on emotional upheavals, while the control group was instructed to write
Author: Eva‐Maria Gortner
Language: English
Topic: Mental Health via Writing
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1916298307