The Effects Of Web-Based Interactive Emotional Disclosure On Stress And Health: A Randomized, Controlled Study

Advisor Date ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank my research advisor, Mark Lumley, for his extensive assistance and support in the development and execution of this research project and manuscript, in addition to his mentoring throughout my graduate training. I also thank my committee members, Boris Baltes, Jeffrey Kuentzel, and Barry Tanner, for their participation and support during this process. I owe my gratitude to the many graduate students and undergraduate research assistants who contributed their time and talents to this project, and I have to single out Lindsay Oberleitner for her generous dedication of effort in finishing data collection and preparing data for analysis. Finally, I thank my family and friends, for the strength they gave me to reach this point and stick with it on the many occasions during which I felt utterly overwhelmed by the process. I could not have accomplished this without all of you and consider myself fortunate to be the beneficiary of such a strong and supportive group.