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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 90-93Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00123
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writing; language; therapy; health; social interactions
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When people write about their deepest thoughts and feelings about an emotionally significant event, numerous benefits in many domains (e.g, health, achievement, and well-being) result. As one step in understanding how writing achieves the-se effects, we have developed:a computer program that provides a fingerprint of the words people use in writing or in natural settings. Analyses of text samples indicate that particular patterns of word use predict health and also reflect personality styles. We have also discovered that language use in the laboratory writing paradigm is associated with changes in social interactions and language use in the real world. The implications for using computer-based text analysis programs in the development of psychological theory are discussed.
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