Expressivt skrivande hos högstadieungdomar
en kvalitativ textanalys av relationsbeskrivningar och känslouttryck
PsychologyPsykologiKönsskillnaderKänslouttryckRelationsbeskrivningarFenomenologiHögstadieungdomarExpressivt skrivandeUtvecklingspsykologiDevelopment psychologySocial Sciences
This study aims to investigate expressive writing in young adolescents, based on the model constructed by J.W. Pennebaker. Qualitative analysis of written essays has been conducted, the main purpose being exploring descriptions of relationships and expressions of emotions. Further-more, the intention has also been to study eventual gender differences and their forms of expressions in the essays. The participants were seventh- and eightgraders, gathered from two schools in Sweden. The total study sample was n=50, 23 girls and 27 boys. 115 essays have been analyzed, based on three writing sessions. The result revealed seven main themes: expressions of emotions related to friends, school (including classmates), the opposite sex, the relationship to oneself, society, family, the writing task and the "potential reader". Finally, the results are discussed and suggestions for further research are proposed.