Nagurney, Alexander2009-08-102012-02-242007-01Nagurney, A. (2007). The effects of emotional disclosure on health. Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/2864Research Enhancement Program Final ReportThis study involved contacting fibromyalgia patients and asking them to participate in an emotional disclosure study. After initial contact, participants were assigned to write about a positive, negative, or neutral life event. It was hypothesized that writing about either a positive or negative event would result in improved physical and mental functioning, while writing about a neutral event should not change functioning either positively or negatively. The results provide a hint that emotional writing does indeed carry a benefit, although this benefit is limited to mental functioning.Text1 page1 file (.pdf)enemotional disclosurehealthfibromyalgiamental functioningReport