The promotion of functional expected teaching-related emotions through expressive writing.
The aim of the present preregistered study was to examine whether expressive writing can help teacher students to develop functional expected teaching-related emotions. In a variation of James W. Pennebaker´s expressive writing paradigm, 129 teacher students were randomly assigned to write on three...
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description | The aim of the present preregistered study was to examine whether expressive writing can help teacher students to develop functional expected teaching-related emotions. In a variation of James W. Pennebaker´s expressive writing paradigm, 129 teacher students were randomly assigned to write on three consecutive days either about the future teaching-related events that personally trigger the greatest fear and joy (treatment group: n = 67) or about a walk in a forest and a city park (control group: n = 62). In both groups, expected teaching-related positive emotions increased and expected teaching-related negative emotions decreased with increased writing sessions. After the writing sessions, the treatment group reported a stronger change in their view about their future professional life as a teacher, a more active personal involvement with their future professional life, and an increased motivation to use expressive writing in the future. These results demonstrate that expressive writing is a promising tool to promote teacher students' expected teaching-related emotions. |
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spelling | doaj.art-5fbd5efa7d35481faf923b16e65f6e252022-12-22T02:42:07ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01175e026790510.1371/journal.pone.0267905The promotion of functional expected teaching-related emotions through expressive writing.Markus ForsterChristof KuhbandnerThe aim of the present preregistered study was to examine whether expressive writing can help teacher students to develop functional expected teaching-related emotions. In a variation of James W. Pennebaker´s expressive writing paradigm, 129 teacher students were randomly assigned to write on three consecutive days either about the future teaching-related events that personally trigger the greatest fear and joy (treatment group: n = 67) or about a walk in a forest and a city park (control group: n = 62). In both groups, expected teaching-related positive emotions increased and expected teaching-related negative emotions decreased with increased writing sessions. After the writing sessions, the treatment group reported a stronger change in their view about their future professional life as a teacher, a more active personal involvement with their future professional life, and an increased motivation to use expressive writing in the future. These results demonstrate that expressive writing is a promising tool to promote teacher students' expected teaching-related emotions.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267905 |
spellingShingle | Markus Forster Christof Kuhbandner The promotion of functional expected teaching-related emotions through expressive writing. PLoS ONE |
title | The promotion of functional expected teaching-related emotions through expressive writing. |
title_full | The promotion of functional expected teaching-related emotions through expressive writing. |
title_fullStr | The promotion of functional expected teaching-related emotions through expressive writing. |
title_full_unstemmed | The promotion of functional expected teaching-related emotions through expressive writing. |
title_short | The promotion of functional expected teaching-related emotions through expressive writing. |
title_sort | promotion of functional expected teaching related emotions through expressive writing |
url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267905 |
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