ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Remembering Trauma in Different Languages: Does Telling the Story in a Second Language Reduce Stress? a Pilot Study
- Ori Grinshten
University of Haifa- the Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making (IIPDM) - Zohar Eviatar
University of Haifa
Abstract
Research examined if telling traumatic story in L2 (vs. L1) on stress levels among PTSD. We hypothesized that when a participant’s cognitive resources were invested in formulation of words in a language which he wasn’t fluent (L2), telling the story may become psychologically easier, and stress levels would be reduced.
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