Objective Social relationships play a vital role in health and well-being, and it follows that
loss experiences can be highly stressful for some people. This article reviews what is known …

In this article, we review what is known about the association between marital dissolution
and health outcomes in adults. Two of the major empirical findings in the literature—that …

This meta‐analysis addresses the question of whether expressive writing shows an effect on
reducing depressive symptoms. It focuses on samples of physically healthy adults with …

Background and purpose Trauma is highly prevalent, with estimates that up to 90% of the
US population have been exposed to a traumatic event. The adverse health consequences …

This study investigated whether an Expressive Writing intervention decreased depression
and posttraumatic stress symptoms after childbirth. 113 women (M age= 31.26 yr., SD= 4.42) …

Putting feelings into words is often thought to be beneficial. Few studies, however, have
examined associations between natural emotion word use and cardiovascular reactivity …

Individuals experience numerous transitions across various roles during their lives. These
role transitions can be disruptive to the way individuals view their identity, and thus their well …

Previous research has shown the relation between social sharing and emotional processing
to be notoriously complex. In the present study, we unraveled this complexity by, for the first …

Self-compassion is a positive psychological construct associated with heightened well-
being, but the construct is largely measured via self-report. In a study of divorcing adults (N …

Expressive writing (EW) can be a useful supplement to psychotherapy, regardless of
therapeutic orientation. In an open trial of exposure-based cognitive therapy for depression …