Emotion, Disclosure, and Health (repost)
Emotion, Disclosure, and Health by James W. Pennebaker
English | August 1995 | ISBN-10: 1557983089 | 337 pages | PDF | 16.1 Mb
English | August 1995 | ISBN-10: 1557983089 | 337 pages | PDF | 16.1 Mb
Investigators have verified that talking or writing about traumatic events can alleviate distress, improve immune function, and lead to a healthier experience of life. But the links among trauma, emotional expression, and health have been difficult to study.
In Emotion, Disclosure, and Health, influential researchers in psychology and anthropology present a much-needed cross-disciplinary and cross- cultural examination of the disclosure-health relationship. Why does translating upsetting events into words promote mental and physical health? How can our understanding of this process lead to clinically useful and cost- effective applications? Emotion, Disclosure, and Health addresses these and other questions, as it illuminates the path from secrecy to psychopathology.