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Experimental Disclosure and Its Moderators: A Meta-Analysis
Frattaroli, Joanne
Psychological Bulletin, v132 n6 p823-865 Nov 2006
Disclosing information, thoughts, and feelings about personal and meaningful topics (experimental disclosure) is purported to have various health and psychological consequences (e.g., J.W. Pennebaker, 1993). Although the results of 2 small meta-analyses (P. G. Frisina, J. C. Borod, & S. J. Lepore, 2004; J. M. Smyth, 1998) suggest that experimental disclosure has a positive and significant effect, both used a fixed effects approach, limiting generalizability. Also, a plethora of studies on experimental disclosure have been completed that were not included in the previous analyses. One hundred forty-six randomized studies of experimental disclosure were collected and included in the present meta-analysis. Results of random effects analyses indicate that experimental disclosure is effective, with a positive and significant average r-effect size of 0.075. In addition, a number of moderators were identified.
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Psychological Patterns, Effect Size, Experimental Psychology, Research Reports, Research Methodology, Bayesian Statistics, Literature Reviews, Psychometrics, Methods Research, Measures (Individuals)
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