Author Question: Your best friend has been in a serious automobile accident. According to research on disclosure of ... (Read 35 times)

hubes95 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Your best friend has been in a serious automobile accident. According to research on disclosure of traumatic experiences, you might suggest that your friend

A. attempt to shut out any thoughts and feelings associated with the accident.
B. talk about his or her feelings with friends or a trained therapist.
C. avoid talking about the accident until it seems right to do so.
D. write down any dreams he or she has for a month.

Question 2

Participants in one experiment were asked to write either about something trivial or about an intimate experience they had found upsetting. The researchers found that the people writing about the intimate experience

A. were relieved of their anxiety and worry about the event almost immediately after writing about it.
B. were more stressed after writing about the experience, but it was good for their health in the long run.
C. showed signs of lessened anxiety immediately after the writing task, but showed an increase in health problems later.
D. showed signs of being relieved of their anxiety about the event immediately after the task as well as several months later.