Gratitude Journal, Expressive Writing, and Mindfulness

Ka Yan, Priska Analya

2021

Abstract

This study, divided into two sub-studies, was aimed at determining the influence of writing on mindfulness. The first substudy investigated the influence of gratitude journals on mindfulness, while the second substudy sought for the influence of expressive writing on mindfulness. The participants were 72 students (first substudy) and 23 students (second substudy). Both substudies involved students grouped in the experimental group (who received treatment writing) and the control group who did not receive the treatment. The results of statistical tests in the first substudy showed that there was no effect of writing gratitude journal on mindfulness, while the results of statistical tests in the second substudy indicated that the score of the group with expressive writing treatment was higher than that without the treatment. There was no significant influence of gratitude journal on mindfulness. Similarly, expressive writing showed no significant influence on mindfulness. However, there was a moderate effect size in participants who received expressive writing treatment, which needed further study involving larger number of samples. Researchers can also then consider the characteristics of the sample to be studied (not just students) so as to get a broader picture

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Yan K. and Analya P. (2021). Gratitude Journal, Expressive Writing, and Mindfulness. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS, ISBN 978-989-758-604-0, pages 448-452. DOI: 10.5220/0010753600003112

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ice-hums21,
author={Ka Yan and Priska Analya},
title={Gratitude Journal, Expressive Writing, and Mindfulness},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,},
year={2021},
pages={448-452},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010753600003112},
isbn={978-989-758-604-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,
TI - Gratitude Journal, Expressive Writing, and Mindfulness
SN - 978-989-758-604-0
AU - Yan K.
AU - Analya P.
PY - 2021
SP - 448
EP - 452
DO - 10.5220/0010753600003112