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Investigators have verified that talking or writing about traumatic events can alleviate distress, improve immune function, and lead to a healthier experience of life. But the links among trauma, emotional expression and health have been difficult to study. In this study influential researchers in psychology and anthropology present a cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural examination of the disclosure-health relationship. Why does translating upsetting events into words promote mental and physical health? How can our understanding of this process lead to clinically useful and cost-effective applications? This volume addresses these and other questions, as it illuminates the path from secrecy to psychopathology.
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List of Contributors
Preface
Part One: Introduction
Emotion, Disclosure, and Health: An Overview
A Cultural and Historical Perspective on Confession
Part two: Cognitive Processes in Inhibiting and Disclosing
From Secrecy to Psychopathology
Disclosure and Worry: Opposite Sides of the Emotional Processing Coin
Disclosure as a Speech Act: Is It Psychotherapeutic to Disclose?
The Power of the Narrative: A Multiple Code Account
Part Three: Emotions, Expressiveness, and Psychosomatics
Emotional Attention, Clarity, and Repair: Exploring Emotional Intelligence Using the Trait Meta-Mood Scale
Inhibition and Muscle Tension in Myogenic Pain
Repression, Emotional Disclosure, and Health: Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Considerations
Confrontation: Inhibition, Alexithymia, and Health
Repression, Disclosure, and Immune Function: Recent Findings and Methodological Issues
Part Four: Clinical and Social Dimensions of Disclosure
Emotionality and Health: Lessons From and for Psychotherapy
The Roles of Disclosure and Emotional Reversal in Clinical Practice
Mental Rumination, Social Sharing, and the Recovery From Emotional Exposure
Cultural Similarities and Differences Regarding Emotional Disclosure: Some Examples From Indonesia and the Pacific
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editor