Opening up in the classroom: Effects of expressive writing on graduate school entrance exam performance.
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Opening up in the classroom: effects of expressive writing on graduate school entrance exam performance.
Our study sought to determine whether experimental disclosure could improve exam performance and psychological health in students taking a graduate school entrance exam. Students preparing for the GRE, MCAT, LSAT, or PCAT were randomly assigned to write expressively about their upcoming exam or to a neutral writing condition. Participants completed measures of depressive symptoms and test anxie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emotion
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1931-1516,1528-3542
DOI: 10.1037/a0022946