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Joshua M. Smyth
Researcher at Pennsylvania State University
Publications - 312
Citations - 17474
Joshua M. Smyth is an academic researcher from Pennsylvania State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 283 publications receiving 14951 citations. Previous affiliations of Joshua M. Smyth include North Dakota State University & Stony Brook University.
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Ecological momentary interventions: incorporating mobile technology into psychosocial and health behaviour treatments.
Kristin E. Heron,Joshua M. Smyth +1 more
TL;DR: Mobile technology-based EMI can be effectively implemented as interventions for a variety of health behaviours and psychological and physical symptoms and future research should integrate the assessment and intervention capabilities of mobile technology to create dynamically and individually tailored EMI that are ecologically sensitive.
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Written emotional expression : Effect sizes, outcome types, and moderating variables
TL;DR: This writing task was found to lead to significantly improved health outcomes in healthy participants and was enhanced in 4 outcome types--reported physical health, psychological well-being, physiological functioning, and general functioning--but health behaviors were not influenced.
Effects of Writing About Stressful Experiences on Symptom Reduction in Patients With Asthma or Rheumatoid Arthritis
TL;DR: Patients with mild to moderately severe asthma or rheumatoid arthritis who wrote about stressful life experiences had clinically relevant changes in health status at 4 months compared with those in the control group, beyond those attributable to the standard medical care that all participants were receiving.
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Effects of Writing About Stressful Experiences on Symptom Reduction in Patients With Asthma or Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Trial
TL;DR: In this paper, a randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine if writing about stressful life experiences affects disease status in patients with asthma or rheumatoid arthritis using standardized quantitative outcome measures.
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The writing cure : how expressive writing promotes health and emotional well-being
TL;DR: This volume is rich in illustrations of clinical applications for this technique and it provides examples of how expressive writing can improve the immune system and lung function, how it can diminish psychological distress and enhance relationships and social-role functioning.