Literature and medicine · 2000 · 417 citations · 25 references
HumanitiesHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionHealth CommunicationNarrative StudiesNarrative TheoryNarrative DesignNarrative DevelopmentNarrative Health CommunicationNarrative SkillsNarrative WritingTrauma NarrativesFuture Health BenefitsHealth-promoting BehaviorsHealth-promoting PropertiesNarrative Health LiteracyTrauma Narrative WorkTrauma-informed Storytelling
Pennebaker summarizes and highlights the work he and his colleagues from around the world have done over more than ten years in their studies of the health-promoting qualities of writing. His essay focuses primarily on the physical health benefits of writing about traumatic or difficult experience.
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