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Effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression

Numerous studies has shown that disclosing stress-related thoughts and feelings diminishes the negative impacts of stressful events and improves health. These studies, however, do not determine sufficiently the mechanisms whereby emotional disclosure produces these effects. Further, most of these st...

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Main Author: Dhiba S. Grifa
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Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/33818
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description Numerous studies has shown that disclosing stress-related thoughts and feelings diminishes the negative impacts of stressful events and improves health. These studies, however, do not determine sufficiently the mechanisms whereby emotional disclosure produces these effects. Further, most of these studies have utilized psychologically healthy participants. In particular, there have been no studies involving clinically depressed participants. Moreover, previous research has not investigated features of emotional disclosure that enhance health outcomes and facilitate underlying mechanisms and most of this research even demonstrates serious methodological problems. Therefore, the aims of the current study are to determine the possible explanation for the effects of emotional disclosure on depressive symptoms, whether emotional disclosure is effective for participants who virtually depressed, and the features of emotional disclosure that produce the maximum reduction of depressive symptoms. [Continues.]
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spelling rr-article-94808452008-01-01T00:00:00Z Effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression Dhiba S. Grifa (7190237) Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified untagged Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified Numerous studies has shown that disclosing stress-related thoughts and feelings diminishes the negative impacts of stressful events and improves health. These studies, however, do not determine sufficiently the mechanisms whereby emotional disclosure produces these effects. Further, most of these studies have utilized psychologically healthy participants. In particular, there have been no studies involving clinically depressed participants. Moreover, previous research has not investigated features of emotional disclosure that enhance health outcomes and facilitate underlying mechanisms and most of this research even demonstrates serious methodological problems. Therefore, the aims of the current study are to determine the possible explanation for the effects of emotional disclosure on depressive symptoms, whether emotional disclosure is effective for participants who virtually depressed, and the features of emotional disclosure that produce the maximum reduction of depressive symptoms. [Continues.] 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Thesis 2134/33818 https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Effect_of_mode_and_audience_of_emotional_disclosure_on_clinical_depression/9480845 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression
title Effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression
title_full Effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression
title_fullStr Effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression
title_full_unstemmed Effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression
title_short Effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression
title_sort effect of mode and audience of emotional disclosure on clinical depression
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url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/33818