书写表达及其对身心健康的作用

Expressive Writing and Its Role to Improve Physical and Mental Health

作为心理干预方法,书写表达是通过书写披露和表达与个人重要经历有关的感受和想法,由此促进身心健康。书写表达操作简便,对身心健康均具有显著的促进作用,但其干预效果会受干预对象的心理特征、卷入水平和书写主题等因素的影响。书写表达的作用机制主要是暴露、适应、注意转向和认知重构。

As a kind of psychological intervention,expressive writing is used to disclose and express one＇s deepest thoughts and feelings about the most significant experience through writing. Expressive writing operates easily and improves physical and mental health significantly. Its effects are affected by the object＇s mental characteristics, involvement level, writing topic and other factors. Exposure, habituation, attention shifting and congnitive restructuring may be the mechanism.