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Emotional disclosure and stigma
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Emotional disclosure and stigma
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how writing about past negative events benefits cognition
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Benson
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Jessica Margaret
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1990-
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Jessica Margaret Benson
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Rivera
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Luis M
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Luis M Rivera
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Kent D
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Kent D Harber
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internal member
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Vanessa
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Vanessa LoBue
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Bonawitz
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Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Bonawitz
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Godsil
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Rachel D Godsil
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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theses
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Exposure to discrimination and negative stereotypes deplete cognitive resources and ultimately undermine the achievement of members belonging to stigmatized groups. However, emotional disclosure boosts psychological resources. This dissertation research had three main goals. The first goal was to experimentally test whether a brief emotional disclosure writing assignment regarding a past discriminatory or traumatic experience would have beneficial effects on cognitive performance (Study 1). The second goal was to examine whether observed emotional disclosure benefits were due to the gains supplied by disclosure or by the costs imposed by suppression (Study 2). The third goal was to test whether disclosing emotions regarding any past negative event would reduce stereotype threat and improve academic performance (Study 3). Collectively, results from Studies 1-3 indicate that emotional disclosure improves cognitive and academic performance for all students, and may especially help those who have or currently face discrimination, trauma, or negative stereotypes.
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Psychology
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Self-disclosure
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (x, 187 p. : ill.)
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by Jessica Margaret Benson
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Graduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3BV7KJP
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ETD doctoral
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Benson
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Jessica
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Margaret
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Jessica Benson
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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