Date of Award
Summer 8-2008
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
Committee Chair
William Lyddon
Committee Chair Department
Psychology
Abstract
In order to investigate the utility of an experimental expressive writing intervention designed to increase narrative coherence (write about loss combined with review of previous narratives) as a potential bereavement intervention, it was compared to a standard expressive writing intervention (write about loss with no opportunity for review), and two trivial writing conditions (one with and one without opportunity for review). Although all writing groups experienced beneficial effects across time, participants in the experimental and standard conditions reported significantly greater personal growth as a function of time when compared to control participants.
Copyright
2008, Stefanie Suzon Boswell
Recommended Citation
Boswell, Stefanie Suzon, "Increasing Narrative Coherence in the Bereaved: The Effect of Narrative Review on Grief Reaction" (2008). Dissertations. 1131.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1131