TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of creative, expressive, and reflective writing on career learning
T2 - An explorative study
AU - Lengelle, Reinekke
AU - Meijers, Frans
AU - Poell, Rob
AU - Post, Mijke
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - This study investigates whether creative, expressive, and reflective writing contributes to the formation of a work-life narrative that offers both meaning and direction among students in higher education. The content of writing done by students who participated in a two-day writing course at the start (or in preparation) of their work placements and of a control group who did not take part in the course were compared. Writing samples were analysed using the Linguistic Index Word Count program (Pennebaker, Booth, & Francis, 2007) and an instrument based on Dialogical Self Theory (Hermans & Hermans-Konopka, 2010). Results show writing promotes the development of career narratives.
AB - This study investigates whether creative, expressive, and reflective writing contributes to the formation of a work-life narrative that offers both meaning and direction among students in higher education. The content of writing done by students who participated in a two-day writing course at the start (or in preparation) of their work placements and of a control group who did not take part in the course were compared. Writing samples were analysed using the Linguistic Index Word Count program (Pennebaker, Booth, & Francis, 2007) and an instrument based on Dialogical Self Theory (Hermans & Hermans-Konopka, 2010). Results show writing promotes the development of career narratives.
KW - Creative writing
KW - Dialogical self theory
KW - Expressive writing
KW - Higher education
KW - LIWC
KW - Narrative career counselling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887131505&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.06.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.06.014
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84887131505
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 83
SP - 419
EP - 427
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 3
ER -