Natural language sentiment as an indicator of depression and anxiety symptoms: a longitudinal mixed methods study1

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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02699931.2024.2351952" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02699931.2024.2351952</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2351952" target="_blank" >10.1080/02699931.2024.2351952</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Natural language sentiment as an indicator of depression and anxiety symptoms: a longitudinal mixed methods study1
Original language description
The study tested how the use of positive- (e.g. beautiful) and negative-valenced (e.g. horrible) words in natural language and its change in time affects the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms among depressed and non-depressed individuals. This longitudinal mixed methods study (N = 40 participants, n = 1440 narratives) with three measurements within a year showed that at the between-person level the use of negative-valenced words was strongly associated with the increase in anxiety and depression symptoms over time while the use of positive-valenced words was slightly associated with the decrease in anxiety and depression symptom. These effects were not supported for within-person level (i.e. changes in word usage). No significant differences were observed in the effects between depressed and non-depressed groups. Summing up, the overall use of positive- and negative-valenced words (particularly negative-valenced words) had a stronger effect on the severity of psychopathological symptoms than their change over time. The results were discussed in the context of natural language processing and its application in diagnosing depression and anxiety symptoms.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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