Written emotional disclosure: A controlled study of the benefits of expressive writing homework in outpatient psychotherapy

被引：52
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作者：
Graf, Maria C. [1 ]
Gaudiano, Brandon A. [2 ,3 ]
Geller, Pamela A. [4 ]
机构：
[1] Dean Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat, Madison, WI 53590 USA
[2] Butler Hosp, Dept Bio Med Psychiat & Human Behav, Brown Med Sch, Providence, RI 02906 USA
[3] Butler Hosp, Pyschosocial Res Program, Providence, RI 02906 USA
[4] Drexel Univ, Dept Psychol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
来源：
PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH | 2008年 / 18卷 / 04期
关键词：
brief psychotherapy; outcome research; cognitive behavior therapy;
D O I：
10.1080/10503300701691664
中图分类号：
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号：
040203 ;
摘要：
The current study investigated the extent to which outpatient psychotherapy clients benefited from Pennebaker's expressive writing protocol (Pennebaker & Beall, 1986) adapted for use as a homework intervention. Participants were randomly assigned to written emotional disclosure or writing control conditions. Pre- and postintervention outcome measures were collected for three consecutive therapy sessions. Clients in the written emotional disclosure group showed significantly greater reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms as well as greater overall progress in psychotherapy in comparison to the writing control group. Results suggest that emotional disclosure writing homework, in conjunction with outpatient psychotherapy, facilitates therapeutic process and outcome.
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页码：389 / 399
页数：11
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