To report emotions transforms the reported emotions? Questioning Pennebaker's paradigmas to its implications for the prevention of post-traumatic stress

Authors

  • Luc Vandenberghe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v6i1.64

Keywords:

Emoção, Comportamento verbal, Compartilhamento social, Emotions, Verbal behavior, Social sharing

Abstract

Although people often feel relieved after having shared emotions related to a trauma, there are no clear data showing that trauma-related emotions really are transformed by such act of sharing. Empirical research concerning the effects of verbally sharing emotions, led to contra-intuitive results that are difficult to interpret. This is the case both in experimental social psychology as in clinical research on the prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder. A critical appraisal of these results points out a few vacuums that deserve more attention from research. Questions about the relation between experiential avoidance and sharing of emotions and principally about what a person learnswhenreporting his or her emotions should be examined more carefully.

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Published

2004-02-01

How to Cite

Vandenberghe, L. (2004). To report emotions transforms the reported emotions? Questioning Pennebaker’s paradigmas to its implications for the prevention of post-traumatic stress. Brazilian Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 6(1), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.31505/rbtcc.v6i1.64

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