Expressing Personal Recollections in English or Spanish to Alleviate Traumatic Emotions (Exprésate)

NCT05090839 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-08-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to test if expressive writing about traumatic events has positive changes in women living with post-traumatic stress.

Conditions

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly Emotional Disclosure (WED)

Online writing sessions, each lasting approximately 45 minutes, once a week, conducted virtually. Participants will be instructed to write about either a major traumatic life experience or what the participant did the previous day.

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly Emotional Disclosure (WED) Spanish

Online writing sessions, each lasting approximately 45 minutes, once a week, conducted virtually. Participants will be instructed to write about either a major traumatic life experience or what the participant did the previous day in Spanish.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH
  • University of Miami

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roger McIntosh · University of Miami

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-18
Primary Completion
2023-02-01
Completion
2023-12-02

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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