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Expressive Writing And Marital Satisfaction: A Writing Sample Analysis, Rachel B. Williams
Expressive Writing And Marital Satisfaction: A Writing Sample Analysis, Rachel B. Williams
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The mode of expression used by individuals, in written or spoken word, offers insight into one’s cognitive and emotional processes. Over the past 25 years expressive writing has become an interest to researchers, therapists, and the public. Writing provides a symbolic way of expressing thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Analytical programs provide a way to study the structure and content of written communication. There is little research that includes marital relationships and expressive writing and no known research that includes marital relationships and writing analyses. In relationships, meanings are created to help make sense of situations and interactions. Symbols also include …