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Effects of Narrative Writing Duration and Post-writing Processing Instructions on PTSD

NCT01773811 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 49

Last updated 2014-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The current study proposes to directly measure how processing after participating in written disclosure about a traumatic life event affects physical and psychological outcomes.

Conditions

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Narrative Writing: Trauma-Assigned

Individuals will be writing about their most traumatic life event for 3 consecutive days for 20 minutes each. Those in the assigned group will be given instructions and weekly reminders to continue to think about their most traumatic event.

BEHAVIORAL

Narrative Writing: Trauma-Spontaneous

Individuals will be writing about their most traumatic life event for 3 consecutive days for 20 minutes each. Those in the spontaneous group will be given no further instructions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Mississippi, Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tom Lombardo, PhD · University of Mississippi, Oxford

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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