Self-reflection has long been viewed as a means to insight and well-being. However, the construction of the self in today’s digital world includes communication and actions undertaken online as well as “in real life,” creating an external memory of personal communication unchanged by time and retelling. The current study examined possible consequences of reflection using personal email archives when used in conjunction with written reflection on significant positive and negative events. Participants (N = 66) were assigned to three gender-stratified groups comprising positive, negative, and neutral experience conditions. In each group, participants recalled and reflected upon a personal event of corresponding quality, reading personal email ...
Nostalgia is a sentimental longing for one’s past. We examined the effect of a 6-week, weekly nostal...
The dissertation contains two published studies on self-reflection. The aim of the first study was t...
The manner in which individuals recall an autobiographical positive life event has affective consequ...
Self-reflection has long been viewed as a means to insight and well-being. However, the construction...
Reflection is a systematic process of reviewing memories. Reflection on past positive and negative ...
ABSTRACT As people document more of their lives online, some recent systems are encouraging people t...
Three studies considered the consequences of writing, talking, and thinking about significant events...
Reminiscence-based psychotherapies have been demonstrated to have robust effects on a range of thera...
Abstract. The premise of this paper is to explore the potential of reminiscing in facilitating self ...
As people document more of their lives online, some recent systems are encouraging people to later r...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of induced gratitude on subjective well-bei...
The study of self-effects—the effects that sending messages have on the message senders themselves—h...
Nostalgia is a bittersweet emotion evoked by memories of cherished personal experiences. Though nost...
This article presents two studies that investigated the impact of the retrieval of self-defining mem...
Social media offers users the ability to participate with a social network of others in a process of...
Nostalgia is a sentimental longing for one’s past. We examined the effect of a 6-week, weekly nostal...
The dissertation contains two published studies on self-reflection. The aim of the first study was t...
The manner in which individuals recall an autobiographical positive life event has affective consequ...
Self-reflection has long been viewed as a means to insight and well-being. However, the construction...
Reflection is a systematic process of reviewing memories. Reflection on past positive and negative ...
ABSTRACT As people document more of their lives online, some recent systems are encouraging people t...
Three studies considered the consequences of writing, talking, and thinking about significant events...
Reminiscence-based psychotherapies have been demonstrated to have robust effects on a range of thera...
Abstract. The premise of this paper is to explore the potential of reminiscing in facilitating self ...
As people document more of their lives online, some recent systems are encouraging people to later r...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of induced gratitude on subjective well-bei...
The study of self-effects—the effects that sending messages have on the message senders themselves—h...
Nostalgia is a bittersweet emotion evoked by memories of cherished personal experiences. Though nost...
This article presents two studies that investigated the impact of the retrieval of self-defining mem...
Social media offers users the ability to participate with a social network of others in a process of...
Nostalgia is a sentimental longing for one’s past. We examined the effect of a 6-week, weekly nostal...
The dissertation contains two published studies on self-reflection. The aim of the first study was t...
The manner in which individuals recall an autobiographical positive life event has affective consequ...