The writing processes underpinning wellbeing: Insight and emotional clarity in poetic autoethnography and freewriting

• Published in: Frontiers in communication Vol. 7
• Main Author: Hanauer, David I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 13.10.2022
• Subjects: discovery; expressive writing; insight; poetry; wellbeing; writing

Investigations of the expressive writing paradigm have shown that writing about one's experiences have positive effects on wellbeing. Understanding the writing processes facilitating self-discovery which underpin these positive outcomes is currently lacking. Prior research has suggested two wri...