Forming a story: The health benefits of narrative
Forming a story: The health benefits of narrative
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DOI：
10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199910)55:10
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发表时间：
1999-10-01
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Seagal, JD
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作者：
Pennebaker, JW;Seagal, JD
在三天的时间里，用情感的方式写下重要的个人经历，只要15分钟，就能改善身心健康。这一发现在不同年龄、性别、文化、社会阶层和人格类型的人群中得到了重复。使用文本分析计算机程序，发现那些从写作中受益最大的人倾向于使用大量的积极情绪词汇，适量的消极情绪词汇，并在写作的日子里增加他们对认知词汇的使用。这些发现表明，叙事的形成是至关重要的，是良好的心理和身体健康的指标。正在进行的研究表明，写作具有组织复杂情感体验的功能。这些研究结果对心理治疗的影响进行了简要讨论。(C)1999年John Wiley & Sons，Inc.
Writing about important personal experiences in an emotional way for as little as 15 minutes over the course of three days brings about improvements in mental and physical health. This finding has been replicated across age, gender, culture, social class, and personality type. Using a text-analysis computer program, it was discovered that those who benefit maximally from writing tend to use a high number of positive-emotion words, a moderate amount of negative-emotion words, and increase their use of cognitive words over the days of writing. These findings suggest that the formation of a narrative is critical and is an indicator of good mental and physical health. Ongoing studies suggest that writing serves the function of organizing complex emotional experiences. Implications for these findings for psychotherapy are briefly discussed. (C) 1999 John Wiley &( Sons, Inc.