Written Disclosure Essay
Written Disclosure As a Relevant Factor of Resilience and Meaning Finding
Giovanni Serrato Parra
Australian College of Applied Psychology
Abstract
The current study explored the hypothesis related with the writing disclosure and its correlation with meaning finding and resiliency that for consequences ends in positive emotions. The study was conducted with 153 students over the same class and divided randomly into two groups; control group, which was compared with experimental group on three different sections along the research. The first section measured and compared the increase of positive affect in the groups. Afterwards, compared the high scores to determine higher meaning finding. The third …show more content…
This study focused on how writing positive experiences can be relevant and useful to increase resiliency on people under situations of adversity and corroborated previous findings, which provides more evidence for current theories.
References
Block, J. H., Kremen, A. M. (1996). IQ and ego-resiliency: Conceptual and empirical connections and separateness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 70, 349-361
Feldman Barrett, l., Gross. J., Christensen. T. C., & Benvenuto, M. (2001) Kowing what you’re feeling and knowing what to do about it: Mapping the relation between emotion differentiation and emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion, 15, 713-724
Herrman. H., Steward. E. D. (2011) What is Resilience, La Revue Canadenne de Psychiatrie, Vol. 56, No. 5.
Tugage. M. M., Fredrickson. B. L., (2004) Resilien Individuals Use Positive Emotions to Bounce Back From Native Emotional Experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 86, No. 2, 320-333
Wallace. K. A., Bergeman. C. S., Bisconti. T, L. (2006) Psychological Resilience, Positive Emotions, and Successful Stress in Later Life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 91, No4,
Giovanni Serrato Parra
Australian College of Applied Psychology
Abstract
The current study explored the hypothesis related with the writing disclosure and its correlation with meaning finding and resiliency that for consequences ends in positive emotions. The study was conducted with 153 students over the same class and divided randomly into two groups; control group, which was compared with experimental group on three different sections along the research. The first section measured and compared the increase of positive affect in the groups. Afterwards, compared the high scores to determine higher meaning finding. The third …show more content…
This study focused on how writing positive experiences can be relevant and useful to increase resiliency on people under situations of adversity and corroborated previous findings, which provides more evidence for current theories.
References
Block, J. H., Kremen, A. M. (1996). IQ and ego-resiliency: Conceptual and empirical connections and separateness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 70, 349-361
Feldman Barrett, l., Gross. J., Christensen. T. C., & Benvenuto, M. (2001) Kowing what you’re feeling and knowing what to do about it: Mapping the relation between emotion differentiation and emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion, 15, 713-724
Herrman. H., Steward. E. D. (2011) What is Resilience, La Revue Canadenne de Psychiatrie, Vol. 56, No. 5.
Tugage. M. M., Fredrickson. B. L., (2004) Resilien Individuals Use Positive Emotions to Bounce Back From Native Emotional Experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 86, No. 2, 320-333
Wallace. K. A., Bergeman. C. S., Bisconti. T, L. (2006) Psychological Resilience, Positive Emotions, and Successful Stress in Later Life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 91, No4,