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Stress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail.

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Pankey, T; Kelly, PJ; Ramaswamy, M
Published in: J Correct Health Care
July 2016

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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J Correct Health Care

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EISSN

1940-5200

Publication Date

July 2016

Volume

22

Issue

3

Start / End Page

240 / 246

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Writing
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Prisons
  • Prisoners
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Pankey, T., Kelly, P. J., & Ramaswamy, M. (2016). Stress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail. J Correct Health Care, 22(3), 240–246. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345816654230
Pankey, Tyson, Patricia J. Kelly, and Megha Ramaswamy. “Stress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail.J Correct Health Care 22, no. 3 (July 2016): 240–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345816654230.
Pankey T, Kelly PJ, Ramaswamy M. Stress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail. J Correct Health Care. 2016 Jul;22(3):240–6.
Pankey, Tyson, et al. “Stress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail.J Correct Health Care, vol. 22, no. 3, July 2016, pp. 240–46. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/1078345816654230.
Pankey T, Kelly PJ, Ramaswamy M. Stress Reduction Through a Brief Writing Intervention With Women in Jail. J Correct Health Care. 2016 Jul;22(3):240–246.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Correct Health Care

DOI

EISSN

1940-5200

Publication Date

July 2016

Volume

22

Issue

3

Start / End Page

240 / 246

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Writing
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Prisons
  • Prisoners
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences