Arden L Corter1, Keith J Petrie. 1. Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Manipulations of the setting and instructions were tested for effects on language use and reported health following expressive writing (EW). METHODS: Participants (N=76) wrote in one of three conditions that differed by setting and the delivery of writing instructions. RESULTS: The results showed that altering the context for EW influences participants' language use and their perceptions of the experience. There was no effect of conditions on self-reported health. CONCLUSIONS: Future research should attend to the ways in which manipulations of EW context affect proposed mediators such as language, as well as outcomes of EW.
OBJECTIVES: Manipulations of the setting and instructions were tested for effects on language use and reported health following expressive writing (EW). METHODS:Participants (N=76) wrote in one of three conditions that differed by setting and the delivery of writing instructions. RESULTS: The results showed that altering the context for EW influences participants' language use and their perceptions of the experience. There was no effect of conditions on self-reported health. CONCLUSIONS: Future research should attend to the ways in which manipulations of EW context affect proposed mediators such as language, as well as outcomes of EW.