Does narrative writing instruction enhance the benefits of expressive writing?
Does narrative writing instruction enhance the benefits of expressive writing?
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叙述性写作教学是否能增强表达性写作的优势？
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10.1080/10615800903191137
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2010
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Agee,JohnD
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Danoff-Burg,Sharon;Mosher,CatherineE;Seawell,AsaniH;Agee,JohnD
我们研究了指导参与者以叙事的方式写关于压力生活事件的文章，相对于不指定文章结构的标准表达性写作指导，是否会产生更好的身心健康益处。101名大学生被随机分为两组，分别是20分钟的叙述性写作、标准表达性写作和对照写作。1个月后获得随访数据。叙事性写作组的文章比表达性写作组的文章表现出更高的叙事结构水平。更大的叙事结构与心理健康收益有关，文章的自评情绪与随访时较小的感知压力有关。此外，与对照组相比，叙述性和表达性写作组报告的感知压力和抑郁症状水平较低，但在这些结果方面彼此没有差异。随访期间的医疗保健利用没有因小组分配而变化。研究结果表明，情感表达和叙事结构可能是表达性写作对心理健康有益的关键因素。结果还表明，在大学生中，相对于标准的表达性写作指导，叙事形式的指导并没有增加表达性写作的积极效果。
We examined whether instructing participants to write in a narrative fashion about stressful life events would produce superior physical and psychological health benefits relative to standard expressive writing instructions that do not specify the essay's structure. Undergraduates (N=101) were randomly assigned to engage in two, 20-minute narrative writing, standard expressive writing, or control writing tasks. Follow-up data were obtained one month later. The essays of the narrative writing group evidenced higher levels of narrative structure than did those of the expressive writing group. Greater narrative structure was associated with mental health gains, and self-rated emotionality of the essays was associated with lesser perceived stress at follow-up. In addition, the narrative and expressive writing groups reported lower levels of perceived stress and depressive symptoms relative to controls but did not differ from each other with regard to these outcomes. Health care utilization at follow-up did not vary by group assignment. Findings suggest that both emotional expression and narrative structure may be key factors underlying expressive writing's mental health benefits. Results also suggest that, among college students, instruction in narrative formation does not increase the positive effects of expressive writing relative to standard expressive writing instructions.