Näther, Marcel (2023) Framing Experience: The Relationship Between Metaphors, Expressive Writing, Insight, and Meaning. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
This longitudinal online experiment investigated Expressive writing (EW) comparing control, standard EW, and metaphor EW conditions in an undergraduate student sample (N = 9). Using Wilcoxon and Kruskal-Wallis tests, we assessed how EW is linked to distress, meaning in life, insight, coherence, and trait avoidance. We found no significant effect on general distress and meaning, but a significant reduction of event-related distress at follow-up. While nonsignificant, the tendency of effects supported the potential of metaphors to enhance coherence, insight, and meaning, with the metaphor condition scoring higher on these constructs than the other two groups. Further, higher avoidance was linked to lower benefits from EW. Findings from this study highlight the importance of measuring distress at different levels and provide preliminary evidence for insight and coherence as mechanisms in EW. Moreover, this study extends the literature on metaphor and meaning to an EW context. Present research provides a valuable first look into novel EW-relevant constructs on which future studies can base mediation and moderation models in larger samples.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Ostafin, B.D. and Bennik, E.C. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2023 11:40 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2023 11:40 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2777 |
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