Emotional Disclosure Through Journal Writing: Telehealth Intervention for Maternal Stress and Mother–Child Relationships

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dc.contributor.authorWhitney, R. V., & Smith, G.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-18T18:09:02Z
dc.date.available2020-03-18T18:09:02Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis study examines emotional disclosure through the activity of journaling as a means of coping with maternal stress associated with parenting a child with disruptive behaviors. Through a randomized control and pre-test post-test study design of an online journal writing intervention, change to maternal stress and quality of mother–child relationship for children with ASD, ADHD and SPD was addressed. Behavioral symptoms were found to be the primary source of parenting stress for mothers and a significant relationship between child characteristics and maternal stress was identified. Emotional disclosure through the online journal writing program (especially in the presence of high disclosure of negative emotions) was shown to reduce maternal stress and improve the quality of mother–child relationship. These findings suggest cost-effective telehealth interventions may support maternal health. Important clinical implications are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWhitney, R. V., & Smith, G. (2015). Emotional disclosure through journal writing: Telehealth intervention for maternal stress and mother–child relationships. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 45(11), 3735-3745.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://calio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Emotional-Disclosure-Through-Journal-Writing-Telehealth-Intervention-for-M....pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4652
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of autism and developmental disordersen_US
dc.subjecttelehealthen_US
dc.subjectjournalingen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectchildrenen_US
dc.subjectonlineen_US
dc.titleEmotional Disclosure Through Journal Writing: Telehealth Intervention for Maternal Stress and Mother–Child Relationshipsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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