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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Decreasing Stress with Writing Exercises

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Diversity Science

  • Andres Salgado
    Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus
  • Amy Roy
    Fordham University

Abstract

The present study examines the effects of an expressive writing intervention in 39 college students at Fordham University with the aim of improving academic performance by decreasing stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms. No significant effects of the intervention were found, but results support increased stress and anxiety in URM students.

Stress