Key points Writing about ourselves has physical and mental health benefits. Self-exploration through writing leads to values, goals, and motivation clarity. Writing exercises like the prompt ...

Interestingly, the writing exercise had no effect on white students’ course or college selection in either study, though separate research has found similar affirmation exercises led to higher ...

For students who participated in the writing exercises, the test-score gap between students in poverty and higher-income students was 17 percentage points, 7 percentage points less than the ...