Stress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility/acceptability of writing as a stress reduction strategy with incarcerated women. METHODS: The authors implemented a writing intervention in which six women wrote on topics of their choosing for 20 minutes on 5 consecutive days. Feasibility was assessed with investigator field notes; daily post-writing evaluations assessed intervention acceptability. The study also assessed the continuation of writing at 1-month postintervention and acceptability of instruments for evaluation of future interventions. RESULTS: Implementation barriers were minimal; participants voiced enthusiasm about the program and continued to write 3 to 4 days per week in the month postintervention. No problems were encountered in the completion of evaluation instruments. CONCLUSION: Writing is a feasible, reproducible stress relief intervention for incarcerated women.
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Published In
DOI
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Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- Writing
- Stress, Psychological
- Prisons
- Prisoners
- Humans
- Female
- 4203 Health services and systems
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1103 Clinical Sciences