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JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 11, Pages 1410-1419Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313490774
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cortisol awakening response; personal goals; positive writing; rumination; stress
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Rumination is a vulnerability factor for the onset and maintenance of emotional distress. This study examined whether writing about life goals is associated with a decrease in ruminative thinking and a reduced cortisol awakening response. 68 healthy participants either wrote about their personal life goals or a control topic. Writing about life goals was associated with a modest decrease in ruminative thinking and a reduced cortisol awakening response at the post-intervention assessment. Results provide initial evidence that writing about life goals can be a helpful aid in decreasing rumination and physiological stress reactivity.
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