The ABCs in journaling. So when he did this study, initially the results came in
这样,日记里就包含了ABC三个因素。他做了这项研究后,最初结果出来了
because one of the first things he looked at was the anxiety level, so when the results came in, disappointment.
他首先看到的是焦虑水平,因此看到结果时,他失望了
In fact, thinking of stopping the study, because this is what he found. So if we have this graph,this would be anxiety level. This would be time.
他考虑要不要停止这项研究,因为这就是他的研究所得。大家看这幅图,这是焦虑水平,这是时间
He had a control group and the control group just wrote about anything that they wanted to write about. Show no change over time.
他有一个对照组,对照组的成员只是写下他们想写的东西。随着时间推移,焦虑水平没有改变
So they started here, and they essentially, straight line. The intervention group,the experimental group,
从这里开始,一条直线过来。而干预组,实验组的成员
after 4 days of writing about their most traumatic, most difficult experiences.
经过四天,写下他们最痛苦、最难过的经历后
They started at the same point. They were randomly divided. And then a rise in their anxiety.
他们的起点一样,当初分组是随机分的,他们的焦虑水平竟呈现上升趋势
After each of the days and during the 4 days- rise in their levels of anxiety. At this point, he was thinking terminating the study- very disappointed.
每天这么写,在这四天内他们的焦虑水平上升了。到了这个位置时,他考虑终止研究,因为非常失望
Because he got from personal experience- he knew that journaling helps him and knew other people who talk about it, who swear by journaling.
因为他自己觉得写日记对他有帮助,而也有其他人说过这一观点
But then, once the 4 days are over, during the fifth, especially starting 6th, 7th and on days, this is what starts to happen.
四天之后,从第五天开始,尤其是第六天、第七天之后,奇怪的事发生了