Authors: van Middendorp, Henriët¹; Geenen, Rinie²

Source: British Journal of Health Psychology, Volume 13, Number 1, February 2008 , pp. 49-52(4)

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• In this Subject: Medicine (General) ,  Psychology
• By this author: van Middendorp, Henriët ;  Geenen, Rinie

Abstract:

ObjectivesTo examine the potential relevance of alexithymia and induced cognitive-emotional processing for the efficacy of emotional disclosure.

MethodsAssociations were examined of alexithymia and emotional and cognitive word use with self-assessed psychological and disease activity outcome in 37 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (23 females; mean age 58 years).

ResultsCognitive and positive emotion word use during the disclosure sessions predicted improved psychological well-being but not disease activity after the intervention. Negative emotion word use and alexithymia did not significantly predict outcome.

ConclusionOur study suggests that poor cognitive-emotional processing may impede the outcome of emotional disclosure interventions.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1348/135910707X251199

Affiliations: 1: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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