An experimental study on the effectiveness of disclosing stressful life events and support messages: when cognitive reappraisal support decreases emotional distress, and emotional support is like saying nothing at all.

Post-hoc comparisons indicated that significant mean differences emerged for respondents in the emotional disclosure condition; respondents reported less symptoms after the cognitive reappraisal response ( M = 1.30, SD = 0.33) compared with the socio-affective response ( M = 1.86, SD = 0.74; p = .008) or no response condition ( M = 1.69, SD = 0.72; p = .071), although the latter effect was only marginally significant.

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