title: Different methods of single-session disclosure: what works for whom?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Examine distress, emotional approach coping, and attachment as moderators of effects of written (WED) versus interpersonal (IED) emotional disclosure and written time management (WTM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-seven undergraduates with stressful experiences randomized to a single session of WED, IED, or WTM. Assessment of immediate reaction (NA) and 6-week follow-up (intrusions/avoidance).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Those with higher baseline distress had increased NA, avoidance and intrusions when engaged in WED or IED (vs. WTM). For emotional processors, WED (vs. IED) produced less NA, avoidance, and intrusions. Attachment predicted increased NA in WTM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Baseline distress and personality characteristics form boundary conditions for written disclosure.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. jay.cohen@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Jay L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Lindsay M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Olga M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Slavin
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lumley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires