title: Who does expressive writing work for? Examination of alexithymia, splitting, and repressive coping style as moderators of the expressive writing paradigm.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper examines the moderating influence of alexithymia, splitting, and repressive coping style in the expressive writing paradigm.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-eight university students randomized to four weekly 20-minute expressive or neutral writing sessions, with 1-month follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Expressive writing was more beneficial for individuals scoring higher on alexithymia and splitting, but not repressive coping.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research should include personality measures in explorations of expressive writing to further understand the boundary conditions of the expressive writing paradigm.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales and Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia. k.baikie@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Baikie
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D010551:Personality; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D014956:Writing