• DOI:10.1111/HCRE.12020
Corpus ID: 143177994

Expressive Writing to Cope with Hate Speech: Assessing Psychobiological Stress Recovery and Forgiveness Promotion for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Queer Victims of Hate Speech

@article{Crowley2014ExpressiveWT,
  title={Expressive Writing to Cope with Hate Speech: Assessing Psychobiological Stress Recovery and Forgiveness Promotion for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Queer Victims of Hate Speech},
  author={John P Crowley},
  journal={Human Communication Research},
  year={2014},
  volume={40},
  pages={238-261}
}

John P Crowley

Published 2014

Psychology

Human Communication Research

This study examined whether expressive writing could help lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ) hate speech victims increase forgiveness for offenders, and accelerate cortisol recovery following a discussion task in which they recalled the details of their experiences. Participants (N = 46) were assigned to a benefit-finding, traumatic disclosure writing, or control condition. The findings indicate that benefit-finding promoted forgiveness and reduced cortisol values, whereas traumatic… CONTINUE READING

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