The impact of written emotional expression on depressive symptoms and working memory capacity in Iranian students with high depressive symptoms

Ahmadi, Mohsen; Abdollahi, Mohammad Hossein; Ramezani, Valiollah; Heshmati, Rasoul

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.334

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“…34 Ahmadi et al, also reported degreased depressive symptoms in the control group. 38 Jensen-Johansen et al, evaluated the effects of emotional disclosure by writing on immunity of the patients with autoimmune disorder, and concluded that the emotional disclosure by writing could reduce depression especially when combined with a deep understanding, review, causation, and insight of the emotions associated with the event. 17 All of these studies suggest that emotional disclosure by writing is effective in reducing the depression of patients.…”

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The Effect of Emotional Disclosure by Writing on the Depression of Hemodialysis Patients in Iran: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Introduction: Depression is the most common psychological problem in patients with renal failure, and it can lead to mortality in severe cases. Effective interventions are required to promote mental health in patients on hemodialysis with various types of mental disorders. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of emotional disclosure by writing on depression of patients on hemodialysis in Iran. Methods: This clinical trial study was carried out on 140 patients undergoing hemodialysis in hemodialysis centers of Kerman. Patients were randomly assigned into two groups of intervention and control after signing the written consent forms and completing the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS 21). The intervention group was requested to write daily the deepest emotions and intrusive thoughts within 15 to 20 minutes in four consecutive days. The control group received routine care. Then, the questionnaire was recompleted two weeks later. Finally, the data were analyzed by SPSS (version 13) using independent t-test and paired t-test. Results: The mean depression score was either moderate or high. While depression scores seemed to decrease in the intervention group after the intervention, the depression scores continued to rise following the intervention in the control group. The difference in depression scores was statistically significant between the two groups before and after the intervention. Conclusion: Emotional disclosure by writing can be effective on the level of depression in patients on hemodialysis.Simus adi omnimodipsa sam fugita dolenistiae inveles est doluptat.

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“…In fact, writing about negative experiences to express negative affect would be functional for mental health by enhancing emotional regulation. For instance, Ahmadi et al (2010) found that when depressive individuals are encouraged to write down their negative experiences for emotional expression, their depressive symptoms decrease. The researchers explained this finding by claiming that writing about negative experiences might help reappraise these experiences and regulate negative emotions by having individuals face with challenges of life more efficiently and protecting their psychological well-being.…”

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Current Effect of Mother-Child Memory Talk on Emotion Regulation, Self-Esteem, and Memory

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2024

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education

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Children talking to their parents more frequently about past experiences tend to have higher emotion regulation skills and self-esteem in their future lives, which may lead to higher volume and richer emotional content in future memories. Previous research also indicated that self-esteem has a strong bond with emotion regulation skills. This study’s aim is to measure the mediator roles of emotion regulation difficulty and self-esteem on the relationship between childhood maternal reminiscing frequency and the volume and emotional content of the current memory experienced with the mother. Additionally, mediator roles of self-esteem in the connection between past maternal reminiscing and emotion regulation difficulty, and emotion regulation difficulty in the relationship between self-esteem and the current memory variables (i.e., total words, total emotion and unique emotion words) are examined. Participants (N=124, the age range was 22-39) filled out Rosenberg Self-Esteem, Emotion Regulation Difficulty, and Family Reminiscence Scales and wrote down one negatively-charged recent memory about their mothers. Path analysis revealed significant positive associations between past maternal reminiscing and self-esteem, emotion regulation difficulty, and total and unique emotion words in recent memory, and negative association between self-esteem and emotion regulation difficulty, supporting half of the mediation hypotheses. Results supported the notion that the frequency of parent-child reminiscing conversations in childhood is a parameter of child development since it can show its prospective effect via improving self-esteem and emotional functioning. Gender differences were not evident for current memory variables but more research on this issue is needed to reach more precise conclusions.

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“…In a number of works importance of future specialists' mental workability for professional success is noted. An important component of mental workability is study of its characteristics and their correction in case of any problem (Ahmadi, Abdollahi, Ramezani, & Heshmati, 2010;Priscilla, Ellie, & Linsey, 2015;.…”

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Abstract:The purpose of the work: study of students' mental workability with the help of different methodic and comparative analysis of the received results. Material: 40 students of 22-23 years' age (30 boys and 10 girls) participated in the research. We used battery of tests, which included Anfimov's tables, tapping test and audit tables by Kreppeling. Results: results of correcting test reflected stable state of mental workability in interval Monday-Wednesday with gradual decrease in the second half of week. Some links of functional system worked by different mechanisms (growth, stability, reduction). Against the background of low initial level of system's work it was assessed as formation of pre-nosological state. Conclusions: results of all tests shall be assessed as reflection of fatigue's gradual formation. Mental workability state is and indicators of functional state. It reflects imbalanced condition of regulatory mechanisms, characteristic for pre-nosological state.

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The impact of written emotional expression on depressive symptoms and working memory capacity in Iranian students with high depressive symptoms

Cited by 5 publications

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The Effect of Emotional Disclosure by Writing on the Depression of Hemodialysis Patients in Iran: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The Effect of Emotional Disclosure by Writing on the Depression of Hemodialysis Patients in Iran: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Current Effect of Mother-Child Memory Talk on Emotion Regulation, Self-Esteem, and Memory

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