@misc{cameron1998expression,
  abstract = {This study assessed the effectiveness of a writing task designed to foster self-regulatory coping with stressful experiences to reduce medical clinic visits and to promote adjustment. Students entering college (<xh:i xmlns:search="http://marklogic.com/appservices/search" xmlns="http://apa.org/pimain" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xh="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">N</xh:i> = 122) who were classified as optimists or pessimists by using a dispositional optimism measure participated in a self-regulation task (expressing thoughts and feelings about entering college and then formulating coping plans), a disclosure task (expressing thoughts and feelings only), or a control task (writing about trivial topics) for 3 weekly writing sessions. Among optimists, both the self-regulation task and the disclosure task reduced illness-related clinic visits during the following month; among pessimists, only the self-regulation task reduced clinic visits. In general, the self-regulation task beneficially affected mood state and college adjustment whereas the disclosure task increased grade point averages. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)},
  address = {US},
  author = {Cameron, Linda D. and Nicholls, Gregory},
  doi = {10.1037/0278-6133.17.1.84},
  interhash = {50819ec6aa8b4a1c005b42728a32a5d5},
  intrahash = {ecc3780b62d8f22cc927de2a909637b9},
  issn = {19307810},
  journal = {Health Psychology},
  number = 1,
  pages = {84--92},
  publisher = {American Psychological Association},
  refid = {1997-42831-011},
  title = {Expression of stressful experiences through writing: Effects of a self-regulation manipulation for pessimists and optimists},
  volume = 17,
  year = 1998
}