Facilitators and barriers to engaging in expressive writing among health and social care professionals

• Michael A. Smith ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: michael4.smith@northumbria.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5107-6441

  ⨯
• Lauren M. Hoult,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Daniel Rippon,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Nicola O’Brien,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7773-6871

  ⨯
• Dawn Branley-Bell,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-5495

  ⨯
• Lucie Byrne-Davis,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Medical Education, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Caitriona Collins,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Stephen Gallagher,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

  ⨯
• Gail Kinman,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck University of London, London, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Arron Mark,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation West London NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6158-6943

  ⨯
• Daryl B. O’Connor,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4117-4093

  ⨯
• Kavita Vedhara,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, School of Medicine, Keele University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Glenn P. Williams,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  ⨯
• Mark A. Wetherell

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  ⨯