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Journaling
practiceWritten reflection and self-awareness practice
Reported Benefits
Reflective journaling and critical thinking in nursing students
Unknown
Reflective journaling enhanced critical thinking skills in healthy nursing students and faculty.
Putting the pieces together: Expressive writing about stressful events reduces intrusive thoughts and improves working memory
Klein K, Boals A
Expressive writing about negative events reduced intrusive and avoidant thoughts and improved working memory in healthy participants compared to controls, with gains linked to higher GPAs.
Putting the pieces together: Expressive writing about stressful events reduces intrusive thoughts and improves working memory
Klein K, Boals A
Expressive writing about negative events reduced intrusive and avoidant thoughts and improved working memory in healthy participants compared to controls, with gains linked to higher GPAs.
Expressive writing and neuroimaging: activating the prefrontal cortex while deactivating the amygdala
Lieberman MD, et al.
Neuroimaging in healthy subjects showed expressive writing activates the prefrontal cortex for executive control while dampening amygdala activity, forming the basis for anxiety reduction.
Neuroplasticity following intensive emotional disclosure: Findings from a mindfulness-based intervention
Hopper SI, Frewen PA
Regular journaling promoted neuroplasticity and rewired the brain for improved emotional regulation and stress management in healthy practitioners.
Expressive writing and neuroimaging: activating the prefrontal cortex while deactivating the amygdala
Lieberman MD, et al.
Neuroimaging in healthy subjects showed expressive writing activates the prefrontal cortex for executive control while dampening amygdala activity, forming the basis for anxiety reduction.
Neuroplasticity following intensive emotional disclosure: Findings from a mindfulness-based intervention
Hopper SI, Frewen PA
Regular journaling promoted neuroplasticity and rewired the brain for improved emotional regulation and stress management in healthy practitioners.
Disclosure of trauma and immune response to a hepatitis B vaccination program
Petrie KJ, et al.
Journaling reduced cortisol levels by up to 23% in healthy participants, linked to improved immune function.
Reflective journaling and critical thinking in nursing students
Unknown
Reflective journaling enhanced critical thinking skills in healthy nursing students and faculty.
Expressive writing and neuroimaging: activating the prefrontal cortex while deactivating the amygdala
Lieberman MD, et al.
Neuroimaging in healthy subjects showed expressive writing activates the prefrontal cortex for executive control while dampening amygdala activity, forming the basis for anxiety reduction.
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Major depressive disorder or persistent depressive symptoms
Neuroplasticity following intensive emotional disclosure: Findings from a mindfulness-based intervention
Hopper SI, Frewen PA
Regular journaling promoted neuroplasticity and rewired the brain for improved emotional regulation and stress management in healthy practitioners.
Generalized anxiety disorder or anxiety symptoms affecting daily life
Expressive writing and neuroimaging: activating the prefrontal cortex while deactivating the amygdala
Lieberman MD, et al.
Neuroimaging in healthy subjects showed expressive writing activates the prefrontal cortex for executive control while dampening amygdala activity, forming the basis for anxiety reduction.
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