Table 1 Feasibility and acceptability of writing tasks

 Total word count

680.31 (547.16)

592.09 (438.64)

Y _BT  = 1 [−61.3, 186.93]

.326

0.513 ± 0%

 Number of times women wrote:

χ²(3) = 5.55

.136

0.086 ± 0%

  0 times (n, %)

n = 40 (21.3%)

n = 31 (14.6%)

  1 time (n, %)

  2 times (n, %)

n = 31 (16.4%)

n = 38 (17.8%)

  3 times (n, %)

n = 15 (8.0%)

n = 29 (13.6%)

n = 102 (54.3%)

n = 115 (54.0%)

 Total writing time in minutes

34.40 (26.92)

32.16 (22.34)

Y _BT  = 0.59 [−4.34, 8.05]

.553

0.165 ± 0%

 Days to complete writing task

4.61 (11.88)

6.21 (18.42)

Y _BT = −0.81 [−0.8, 0.33]

.416

0.183 ± 0%

 Distractibility rating (range 1–10)

4.56 (2.44)

5.21 (2.50)

Y _BT = −1.90 [−1.54, 0.03]

.059

0.961 ± .01%

 Women who wrote for 15 mins:

  Day 1 (n, %)

n = 117 (62.2%)

n = 120 (56.3%)

χ²(1) = 1.21

.273

0.258 ± 0%

  Day 2 (n, %)

n = 81 (43.1%)

n = 99 (46.5%)

χ²(1) = 0.34

.561

0.157 ± 0%

  Day 3 (n, %)

n = 71 (37.8%)

n = 71 (33.3%)

χ²(1) = 0.68

.411

0.199 ± 0%

  All three days (n, %)

n = 55 (29.3%)

n = 50 (23.5%)

χ²(1) = 1.44

.230

0.331 ± 0%

 Emotion words

6.20 (1.57)

1.66 (2.07)

Y _BT  = 31.12 [4.62, 5.25]

< .001

5.84 ± 0%

 Cognitive processing words

19.11 (2.65)

11.30 (3.22)

Y _BT  = 27.03 [7.7, 8.91]

< .001

1.32 ± 0%

 Perceptual words

2.69 (1.09)

4.76 (1.74)

Y _BT  = −11.38 [−2.36, −1.67]

< .001

5.16 ± 0%

 Positivity of writing task

0.31 (0.82)

−0.28 (1.06)

Y _BT  = 3.25 [0.26, 0.1]

.002

159.11 ± 0%

 Negativity of writing task

0.46 (1.22)

−0.21 (0.70)

Y _BT  = 4.21 [0.26, 0.76]

< .001

742.40 ± 0%