Published on in Vol 5, No 4 (2018): Oct-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11290, first published .
Online Positive Affect Journaling in the Improvement of Mental Distress and Well-Being in General Medical Patients With Elevated Anxiety Symptoms: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

Online Positive Affect Journaling in the Improvement of Mental Distress and Well-Being in General Medical Patients With Elevated Anxiety Symptoms: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

Online Positive Affect Journaling in the Improvement of Mental Distress and Well-Being in General Medical Patients With Elevated Anxiety Symptoms: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

Joshua M Smyth   1, 2 , PhD ;   Jillian A Johnson   1 , PhD ;   Brandon J Auer   2 , PhD ;   Erik Lehman   3 , MS ;   Giampaolo Talamo   2 , MD ;   Christopher N Sciamanna   2 , MD, MPH

1 Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States

2 Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States

3 Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Joshua M Smyth, PhD
  • Department of Biobehavioral Health
  • The Pennsylvania State University
  • 231 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • The Pennsylvania State University
  • University Park, PA, 16802
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 8148638402
  • Email: jms1187@psu.edu