Group therapy : the dear John story in Mormon culture, 2004.

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Group therapy : the dear John story in Mormon culture, 2004.

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Spring collects "Dear John" stories, in which a girl writes a male missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to break up with him, and analyzes the popularity and comedic value of stories from emotionally difficult times. He finds that the "Dear John" storytelling tradition is important because it makes missionaries more realistic about love and acts as a support if they do get dumped while on their missions. Spring believes that the stories become comedic when the missionaries try to cope with loss in a group setting that in many ways does not mimic real life.

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