The Psychological Benefits of Contemplating Tragic Entertainment

This project is ongoing.

This study applies the expressive writing paradigm from social and health psychology to study the indirect effects of exposure to and reflecting on popular tragic films on self-acceptance, depressed mood, and anxiety. Potential moderators will also be tested, such as psychological flexibility. An expansion and follow up to this research: https://academic.oup.com/hcr/article-abstract/42/2/269/4002797

 


 

Qualifications

Interest in media psychology research coupled with either fluent video editing skills and fluent use of Qualtrics software. Experience or ability to conduct literature search and some empirical scholarly writing is a plus.

Tags
Media Psychology
media effects
entertainment psychology
communication research
experimental research
catharsis
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Project Lead
Who to Contact
Guan-Soon Khoo
Contact Email
filmclass@gmail.com

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