Effects of expressive writing among bilinguals: exploring psychological well-being and social behaviour.
Eighty-nine Korean-English and Spanish-English bilingual students expressively wrote in their native language, English, or both languages on four occasions or were assigned to a non-writing control group. In addition to self-reports of adjustment, participants wore a recording device that sampled their natural language at 30-second intervals every 12.5 min for 2 days both prior to and 1 month after the experiment. Overall, those assigned to the language switching condition showed the greatest improvements in adjustment and social engagement.
Kim
Youngsuk
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University of Cambridge, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK. yk271@medschl.cam.ac.uk
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D033262:Narration; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014956:Writing