Lexical use in emotional autobiographical narratives of persons with schizophrenia and healthy controls

• Published in: Psychiatry research Vol. 225; no. 1-2; pp. 40 - 49
• Main Authors: Hong, Kai, Nenkova, Ani, March, Mary E., Parker, Amber P., Verma, Ragini, Kohler, Christian G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 30.01.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Diction; Emotion; Emotions; Humans; Learning-based analyses; Lexical features; LIWC; Male; Narration; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia - classification; Schizophrenia - diagnosis; Schizophrenic Psychology; Semantics; Text classification; Verbal Behavior; Vocabulary; LIWC; Emotion; Diction; Learning-based analyses; Lexical features; Text classification

Language dysfunction has long been described in schizophrenia and most studies have focused on characteristics of structure and form. This project focuses on the content of language based on autobiographical narratives of five basic emotions. In persons with schizophrenia and healthy controls, we em...