Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0664551

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0664551

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Expressive Writing: An Investigation of How Writing About Stressful Experiences Can Be Used to Enhance Psychological and Physical Health Benefits. An experimental writing technique that involves writing about one's personal stressful experiences by using emotive descriptive words has been found to be helpful in improving mental health and physical functioning in various populations. This study will test how this expressive writing task leads to health benefits in two distinct samples; cancer survivors and healthy individuals. By identifying the methods by which this writing task can improve health functioning, this project will assist in adapting this task for use as a therapeutic technique in clinical settings to enhance the well-being of Australians. This will place less demands on health services, reduce absenteeism, and improve productivity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 01-07-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $213,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Mental Health | Public Health and Health Services | Health, Clinical And Counselling Psychology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mental health | Behaviour and health

Other Keywords

Behaviour and health | Health, Clinical And Counselling Psychology | Mental Health | Mental health | Public Health and Health Services

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