Interest in meaning and meaning making in the context of stressful life events continues to
grow, but research is hampered by conceptual and methodological limitations. Drawing on …

Disclosure is a critical aspect of the experience of people who live with concealable
stigmatized identities. This article presents the disclosure processes model (DPM)—a …

Long-standing social problems such as poor achievement, personal and intergroup conflict,
bad health, and unhappiness can seem like permanent features of the social landscape. We …

Expressing painful emotions is hard--yet it can actually improve our mental and physical
health. This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to …

For the past decade, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that when
individuals write about emotional experiences, significant physical and mental health …

This review demonstrates that an individualist view of emotion and regulation is untenable.
First, I question the plausibility of a developmental shift away from social interdependency in …

This book is about savoring life—the capacity to attend to the joys, pleasures, and other
positive feelings that we experience in our lives. The authors enhance our understanding of …

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 …

Disclosing information, thoughts, and feelings about personal and meaningful topics
(experimental disclosure) is purported to have various health and psychological …

A research synthesis was conducted to examine the relationship between a written
emotional expression task and subsequent health. This writing task was found to lead to …