A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions to improve mental wellbeing

J Van Agteren, M Iasiello, L Lo… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Our current understanding of the efficacy of psychological interventions in improving mental
states of wellbeing is incomplete. This study aimed to overcome limitations of previous …

Dealing with feeling: a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of strategies derived from the process model of emotion regulation.

TL Webb, E Miles, P Sheeran - Psychological bulletin, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
The present meta-analysis investigated the effectiveness of strategies derived from the
process model of emotion regulation in modifying emotional outcomes as indexed by …

My changed body: breast cancer, body image, distress and self‐compassion

A Przezdziecki, KA Sherman, A Baillie… - Psycho …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Bodily changes after breast cancer treatment can lead to long‐term distress.
Self‐compassion, the ability to be kind to oneself, is an internal resource that may enhance a …

Regulating emotion through distancing: A taxonomy, neurocognitive model, and supporting meta-analysis

JP Powers, KS LaBar - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Distancing is a type of emotion regulation that involves simulating a new perspective to alter
the psychological distance and emotional impact of a stimulus. The effectiveness and …

How effective are expressive writing interventions for adolescents? A meta-analytic review

G Travagin, D Margola, TA Revenson - Clinical psychology review, 2015 - Elsevier
This meta-analysis evaluated the effects of the expressive writing intervention (EW;
Pennebaker & Beall, 1986) among adolescents. Twenty-one independent studies that …

Benefits of expressive writing on healthcare workers' psychological adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic

R Procaccia, G Segre, G Tamanza… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 outbroke in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and promptly became a pandemic
worldwide, endangering health and life but also causing mild-to-severe psychological …

Randomized controlled trial of expressive writing for psychological and physical health: the moderating role of emotional expressivity

AN Niles, KEB Haltom, CM Mulvenna… - Anxiety, Stress & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The current study assessed main effects and moderators (including emotional
expressiveness, emotional processing, and ambivalence over emotional expression) of the …

Efficacy of writing for recovery on traumatic grief symptoms of Afghani refugee bereaved adolescents: A randomized control trial

M Kalantari, W Yule, A Dyregrov… - OMEGA-Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Effective evidence-based intervention for traumatic bereavement is one of the current major
research issues in the field of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children and …

Development and validation of the Mechanisms of Engagement in the Arts and Humanities scales.

S Thapa, H Vaziri, Y Shim, L Tay… - Psychology of Aesthetics …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
There is substantial interest among psychologists in the psychological processes of
engaging arts and humanities. Despite this, there is still a need for methodological tools to …

Benefits of expressive writing in reducing test anxiety: A randomized controlled trial in Chinese samples

L Shen, L Yang, J Zhang, M Zhang - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To explore the effect of expressive writing of positive emotions on test anxiety
among senior-high-school students. Methods The Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) was used to …