Expressive writing and positive writing for participants with mood disorders: An online randomized controlled trial.

摘要: Abstract Introduction Expressive writing – about traumatic, stressful or emotional events often leads to improvements in physical and psychological health non-clinical clinical populations. Recent studies have shown that positive may also be beneficial. Research has not yet investigated whether either expressive offers benefits for people with mood disorders. Method Participants were recruited online randomly allocated writing, control writing. The following questionnaires completed online: Centre Epidemiological Studies—Depression Scale (CES-D), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS), Pennebaker Inventory of Limbic Languidness (PILL), overall questions, Temperament Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) COPE (COPE). then wrote 20 min on 4 occasions, follow-up questionnaires. Results Linear mixed models custom contrasts conducted assess differences between groups over time. All 3 showed significant time mental some outcomes. There no group by interactions. These results moderated demographic factors, personality subtypes coping styles. Conclusion management all reported significantly fewer symptoms at least months post-writing. When combined, the resulting `emotional group' lower scores DASS stress subscale than time-points. Potential reasons are discussed areas further study identified.