The Effectiveness of Expressive Writing Program on Psychological Resiliency among Undergraduate Students
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Objectives: This study aimed to compare resilience scores over time between university students with moderate or higher anxiety scores based on the DASS-42 anxiety subscale criteria who participated in the expressive writing program.
Materials and methods: This research included 40 Thai university students studying at the undergraduate level, aged 18-25 years, and having an anxiety score of at least moderate. They were divided into 3 groups: the experimental group-1, 11 people (n = 11), the experimental group-2, 14 people (n = 14), and the control group, 15 people (n = 15). The research instruments included (1) The Expressive writing program, (2) the anxiety subscale from the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-42), and
(3) the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25). Data were collected in 3 phases: (1) Pretest, (2) Posttest, and (3) 2-week follow-up. The statistical analyses employed were a Repeated measures MANOVA and a Between group MANOVA.
Results: showed that the experimental group-1’s scores on resilience were significantly higher at the post-test and 2-week follow-up than at pre-test (V = .607, F(4,34) = 13.140, p < .001), the experimental group-1 exhibited significantly higher resilience scores than the experimental group-2 and the control group (p < .001).
Conclusion: The expressive writing program effectively increased psychological resiliency in undergraduate students with moderate anxiety.
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