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(This is flagged by the score on the IES questionnaire.)\n* Inability to realistically commit to a 4-week intervention due to poor physical or mental health or other personal commitments.\n* Inability to provide informed consent.","ALL","18 Years",{"count":74,"type":75},50,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[78],"NA","The goal of this clinical trial is to understand the impact of compassionate expressive writing in people living with and beyond cancer. The main question it aims to answer is:\n\nDoes compassionate expressive writing have any impact on well-being outcomes in people living with and beyond cancer, such as body compassion, self-compassion, quality of life and psychological well-being outcomes ?\n\nResearchers will compare compassionate expressive writing with a standard expressive writing task (with no compassionate prompt) to see if there is a difference in self-reported body compassion, self-compassion, quality of life and psychological well-being outcomes between the two conditions.\n\nParticipants will :\n\nComplete a series of pre-intervention questionnaires. Be assigned to one of the two writing conditions. Attend four expressive writing sessions and write freely for approximately 20 minutes in response to a topic related to their cancer experience.\n\nComplete a series of post-intervention questionnaires. 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