Divorce is a common stressor that is associated with increased risk for poor mental health. This study examined the creation of narrative as a psychological mechanism explaining the link between psychological overinvolvement and psychological distress in a sample of recently separated adults (N = 109). Prior analyses of this sample found iatrogenic effects of expressive writing (EW) on psychological distress among people reporting high levels of rumination. In this reanalysis, however, we tested whether narrative creation explained the association between individual differences in psychological overinvolvement and psychological distress, measured by a composite of depressive symptoms and divorce-related distress, 7.5 months later. Participants were assigned to one of three conditions: traditional EW, narrative EW, or a control condition. Participants’ psychological overinvolvement was assessed using a composite of three different methodologies: self-report, language use, and independently coded scores. Lo...

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告诉我一个故事：叙事是婚姻分离后心理恢复的一种机制

离婚是一种常见的压力源，与精神健康不良的风险增加有关。这项研究探讨了叙事作为一种心理机制的解释，该机制解释了最近分离的成年人（N = 109）中心理过度投入与心理困扰之间的联系。对该样本的先前分析发现，表达高水平反刍的人中，表达性写作（EW）对心理困扰的医源性作用。然而，在本次再分析中，我们测试了叙述创造是否解释了心理过度投入和心理困扰的个体差异之间的关联，该差异由7.5个月后的抑郁症状和离婚相关的困扰综合而成。参与者被分配到以下三个条件之一：传统EW，叙述性EW或对照条件。参加者的心理过度投入使用三种不同方法的综合评估：自我报告，语言使用和独立编码的分数。......