Table 1. PANAS scores before and after the expressive writing intervention during the three intervention days and for the mid- and long-term follow-up assessments.
| Group | PANAS scale | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 10 | Day 46 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| before | after | before | after | before | after | |||||
| Control group | Positive affect | 28.9 (1.0) | - | 28.8 (1.0) | - | 28.7 (1.1) | - | 28.9 (1.0) | 27.8 (1.0) | 28.7 (1.0) |
| Negative affect | 12.4 (0.5) | - | 12.0 (0.5) | - | 12.9 (0.6) | - | 12.3 (0.5) | 12.6 (0.5) | 13.1 (0.5) | |
| Causality group | Positive affect | 28.3 (1.2) | 25.9 (1.3) | 29.0 (1.2) | 28.3 (1.4) | 26.1 (1.3) | 26.8 (1.4) | 27.4 (1.2) | 28.2 (1.2) | 32.0 (1.2) |
| Negative affect | 12.8 (0.7) | 17.6 (1.1) | 12.8 (0.6) | 14.2 (1.0) | 12.0 (0.7) | 13.3 (0.8) | 12.8 (0.6) | 12.7 (0.6) | 11.4 (0.6) | |
| Reversed causality group | Positive affect | 29.8 (1.2) | 27.2 (1.3) | 29.3 (1.2) | 26.2 (1.4) | 26.7 (1.3) | 27.1 (1.4) | 29.1 (1.2) | 29.3 (2.2) | 32.0 (1.2) |
| Negative affect | 12.1 (0.7) | 15.5 (1.3) | 12.2 (1.2) | 16.1 (1.4) | 12.7 (1.3) | 14.8 (1.4) | 11.5 (0.6) | 12.0 (0.6) | 12.9 (0.6) | |