‘I Got it off my Chest’: An Examination of how Research Participation Improved the Mental Health of Women Engaging in Transactional Sex

• Published in: Community mental health journal Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 171 - 179
• Main Authors: Felsher, Marisa, Wiehe, Sarah E., Gunn, Jayleen K. L., Roth, Alexis M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Activities of daily living; Adult; AIDS; Altruism; Autobiographical literature; Catharsis; Community and Environmental Psychology; Consciousness; Diary as Topic; Emotions; Exit interviews; Female; Health risk assessment; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Medical ethics; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental Health; Original Paper; Participation; Psychiatry; Qualitative research; Research Design; Research Subjects - psychology; Risk assessment; Risk behavior; Sex Workers - psychology; Sexual behavior; Unsafe Sex - psychology; Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data; Women; Womens health; Catharsis; Ethics; Sex workers; Mental health; Electronic diaries

Ecologic momentary assessment (EMA) is a form of close-ended diary writing. While it has been shown that participating in a study that incorporates EMA improves mental health of participants, no study to date has examined the pathways through which benefits may occur. For 4-weeks, twice-daily EMAs a...