1충남대학교 심리학과 석사과정생
2충남대학교 심리학과 교수
1Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
2Professor, Department of Psychology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
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Variable | Total (n=40) | Expressive writing group (n=20) | Control group (n=20) | χ2 or t | p |
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n (%) or Mean (SD) |
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Gender | |||||
Women | 24 (60) | 11 (55) | 13 (65) | 0.42 | .52 |
Age (year) | 20.80 (2.43) | 20.35 (2.48) | 21.25 (2.36) | 7.83 | .35 |
Emotion suppression | 21.78 (2.02) | 21.75 (2.22) | 21.80 (1.85) | −0.08 | .93 |
Pain catastrophizing | 18.63 (10.49) | 19.00 (8.84) | 18.25 (12.13) | 0.22 | .82 |
State anxiety | 38.93 (6.52) | 38.85 (6.42) | 39.00 (6.79) | −0.07 | .94 |
Self-distancing | 3.80 (1.39) | 3.98 (1.33) | 3.63 (1.46) | 0.79 | .43 |
Negative affect | 22.20 (7.37) | 23.00 (7.57) | 21.40 (7.26) | 0.68 | .50 |
Positive affect | 15.73 (6.03) | 15.35 (6.50) | 16.10 (5.67) | −0.39 | .70 |
Variable | Expressive writing group (n=20) |
Control group (n=20) |
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Pre-assessment | Post-assessment | Pre-assessment | Post-assessment | |
Mean (SD) |
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Negative affect | 23.00 (7.57) | 18.70 (7.33) | 21.40 (7.26) | 22.30 (7.11) |
State anxiety | 38.85 (6.41) | 33.65 (6.46) | 39.00 (6.78) | 39.85 (7.46) |
SD: standard deviation, χ2: chi-squared test, t: independent sample t-test.
SD: standard deviation.