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The Therapeutic Effect of Expressive Writing.
Sponsor: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand the impact of compassionate expressive writing in people living with and beyond cancer. The main question it aims to answer is: Does compassionate expressive writing have any impact on well-being outcomes in people living with and beyond cancer, such as body compassion, self-compassion, quality of life and psychological well-being outcomes ? Researchers will compare compassionate expressive writing with a standard expressive writing task (with no compassionate prompt) to see if there is a difference in self-reported body compassion, self-compassion, quality of life and psychological well-being outcomes between the two conditions. Participants will : Complete a series of pre-intervention questionnaires. Be assigned to one of the two writing conditions. Attend four expressive writing sessions and write freely for approximately 20 minutes in response to a topic related to their cancer experience. Complete a series of post-intervention questionnaires. Repeat the questionnaires at 1-month follow-up.
Official title: The Therapeutic Effect of Expressive Writing in People Living With and Beyond Cancer.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
50
Start Date
2025-12-22
Completion Date
2026-05
Last Updated
2026-05-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Compassionate Expressive Writing
A 20-minute practitioner-led expressive writing session that involves the practitioner introducing a topic related to cancer such as, the impact of diagnosis/treatment on relationships with others, with ones body, with the world. Participants are encouraged to write freely and are prompted to remain compassionate towards themselves and their experience at the start of the writing session.
Standard Expressive Writing
A 20-minute practitioner-led expressive writing session that involves the practitioner introducing a topic related to cancer such as, the impact of diagnosis/treatment on relationships with others, with ones body, with the world. Participants are not prompted to think compassionately in this condition but allowed to write freely about the topic without further structure.
Locations (1)
Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust
Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom