Cognitive and Emotional Changes in Written Essays and Therapy Interviews

摘要: The purpose of this study was to examine the cathartic and therapeutic effects written essays therapy interviews about traumatic events over four successive days as compared with a control writing trivial events. subjects were 102 male female college students. A content analysis showed that both treatment groups expressed more positive negative emotion than well cognitive, self-esteem, behavior changes. Positive emotion, cognitive changes, self-esteem changes increased while decreased. Pain upset topic decreased for groups. post-experimental questionnaire felt their topics themselves. On other hand, there dramatic differences in pre- post-session mood expression consistently increasing decreasing mood.