Research on journaling
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Workers who journal are found to have less stress, therefore decreasing the amount of health care expenses for the workplace.
The Study:
Journaling as a Workplace Wellness Program
Apr 2019
University of Wisconsin-Stout
"Web-based PAJ may serve as an effective intervention for mitigating mental distress, increasing well-being, and enhancing physical functioning among medical populations."
The Study:
Online Positive Affect Journaling in the Improvement of Mental Distress and Well-Being in General Medical Patients With Elevated Anxiety Symptoms: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial
Dec 2018
Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States 2 Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States 3 Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States Joshua M Smyth, Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, 231 Biobehavioral Health Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States, Phone: 1 8148638402, Email: ude.usp@7811smj.
Journaling daily is a free treatment and can help people cope and recover from NSSI.
The Study:
Novel online daily diary interventions for nonsuicidal self-injury: a randomized controlled trial
Aug 2018
BMC Psychiatry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Journaling while in bed, before sleep, may be a beneficial sleep aid for young adults.
The Study:
The effects of bedtime writing on difficulty falling asleep: A polysomnographic study comparing to-do lists and completed activity lists
Oct 2017
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University. Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine
This study finds that journaling can significantly affect one's heart rate variability; respiratory sinus arrhythmia and heart rate months after a bad separation, divorce, or break up.
The Study:
The Impact of Narrative Expressive Writing on Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, and Blood Pressure Following Marital Separation
Jul 2017
