Writing about Satisfaction Processes Increases Well-Being

Title
Writing about Satisfaction Processes Increases Well-Being
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
Bhullar, Navjot
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1616-6094
Email: nbhulla2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nbhulla2
Schutte, Nicola
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-7659
Email: nschutte@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nschutte
Malouff, John M
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Individual Differences Association
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:9955
Abstract
This study explored the effect of expressive writing about satisfaction experiences on well-being. Participants in the experimental condition (n = 46) wrote about meaningful activities that provide them with an intense sense of enjoyment and pleasure and how satisfaction derived from such activities can be increased. The control group participants (n = 44) wrote about their daily activities. The results showed that writing about satisfaction experiences led to significantly higher levels of well-being, including more life satisfaction, positive affect, psychological well-being, and social well-being and less depression, anxiety and stress.
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Citation
Individual Differences Research, 9(1), p. 22-32
ISSN
1541-745X
Start page
22
End page
32

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