Expressive writing changes grief into meaning - a sequential explanatory design approach

• Main Authors: Setiawati Intan Savitri (Author), Bagus Takwin (Author), Amarina Ashar Ariyanto (Author), Rachel T.A Aribowo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Indonesian Counselor Association (IKI), 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2548-348X; 2548-3498; 10.23916/0020190423740
• Keywords: Education; L; Special aspects of education; LC8-6691
• Source: COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 102-113 (2019)

The purpose of the present study was to describe the effect of expressive writing on the level of one's grief through a sequential design (expressive writing experiments for 3 consecutive days for 15 minutes each days then an analysis of the participant's writing contents was conducted). This study used a pre-post test matching technique experimental design follow up by content analysis. The total number of participants (both in the experimental and control groups) was 30 (M-age = 21.2; SD = 1.2), lost their parents more than six month. Randomized matching technique was use to divide participant into experimental (expressive writing) and control (non-expressive writing).The baseline score measured by the complicated grieving inventory of >25 (Prigereson, 1995). Results showed that the experimental group had a decreased level of grief relative to the control group, the texts showed an interested result to be further discussed.