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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Self-Distancing in Expressive Writing Increases the Use of Positive Emotion Words
- Ana Paula Azzam
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto - Teresa Jacques
University of Porto - Rui Alves
University of Porto
Abstract
To study how self-distancing affects expressive writing, 110 participants were randomly assigned to two experimental groups. Participants who wrote about traumatic events using 3rd person pronoun used more positive words than participants who wrote in 1st person, suggesting that different perspectives lead to different linguistic correlates and emotional word choice.
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