scholarly journals The impact of perinatal loss in maternity units: A psycholinguistic analysis of health professionals’ reactions

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 640-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Gandino ◽  
Giulia Di Fini ◽  
Antonella Bernaudo ◽  
Marcello Paltrinieri ◽  
Marco Castiglioni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Perinatal Loss ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Word Count ◽  
Future Tense ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry ◽  
The Impact

Perinatal loss has a strong emotional impact on health professionals working in maternity units. We aimed to study the impact of this experience on health professionals’ language. We analyzed the answers of 162 health professionals (physicians and non-medical staff) who described their reactions to perinatal loss. A linguistic analysis was performed using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count software. Associations between language and burnout were studied. Words typical of a psychological shock reaction were used more by non-medical staff than by physicians. Participants who used pronouns, optimistic words, future tense verbs, and cognitive words registered lower levels of burnout. Clinical implications of the results are discussed.

scholarly journals ‘We've got another one for you!’ Liaison psychiatry's experience of stigma towards patients with mental illness and mental health professionals

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 450-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Bolton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Clinical Communication ◽  
The Impact

Aims and methodTo assess stigmatising attitudes towards mental illness and psychiatric professionals experienced by UK liaison psychiatry staff. A questionnaire asked about the impact of these events on patient care and for suggestions for tackling stigma in the general hospital.ResultsOut of 72 multidisciplinary respondents, over three-quarters had experienced stigmatising attitudes towards mental illness by general hospital colleagues at least monthly. Two-thirds reported instances where stigmatisation had an adverse impact on patient care, and over a quarter reported stigmatising attitudes towards mental health professionals. Suggestions for combating stigma included educational initiatives, clear clinical communication, and the provision of high-quality liaison services.Clinical implicationsLiaison psychiatry is well placed to both recognise and combat stigma in the general hospital. This can help to ensure that patient care is comprehensive, safe and respectful.

scholarly journals Usage of humor to Overshadow Islamophobia in the World

2018 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana Kausar ◽  
Dr. Wajid Zulqarnain
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Word Count ◽  
Muslim Identity ◽  
American Muslim ◽  
The World ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry ◽  
The Impact

After the 9/11 incident in the United States, a hatred gap arose between the Americans and Americans Muslims. Many Muslim stand-up comedians started their efforts to decrease this tension through humorous performances and comic screenplays. Also, Muslim comedians are neutralizing negative social discrimination between Muslims and another world to reduce the impact of Islamophobia in the world. The purpose of the study is to examine the part of Muslim comedians and the sentiments of the listeners about their stand-up humor videos. This study is the qualitative content analysis of comments on videos of two American Muslim comedians Negin Farsad and Obeidallah Dean. For data analysis, Linguistic Inquiry & Word Count (LIWC) used to analyses the positive emotions, negative emotions, and emotional tone. Findings exhibit that Muslim comedians are playing a critical part to assist the Muslim community handle with the effect of Islamophobia. The study also investigated that Muslim stand-up comedians are contributing to lessen the stereotyping discernments and disliked comments about Muslim identity globally. It is concluded that comedy has also helped in comforting the audiences that Arab and Muslims are not unpatriotic and adversarial to the United States or to another world.

scholarly journals The psychological impact of COVID-19 on people suffering from dysfunctional eating behaviours: a linguistic analysis of the contents shared in an online community during the lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaia Albano ◽  
Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti ◽  
Salvatore Gullo ◽  
Laura Salerno ◽  
Gianluca Lo Coco
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry ◽  
The Impact

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread several months ago from China and it is now a global pandemic. The experience of lockdown has been an undesirable condition for people with mental health problems, including eating disorders. The present study has the aim of understanding the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with selfreported disordered eating behaviours. A linguistic analysis was carried out with regard to the online posts and comments published by 1971 individuals (86% women) in a Facebook online community focusing on EDs during the lockdown. A total of 244 posts and 3603 comments were collected during the 56 days of lockdown (from the 10th of March until the 4th of May 2020) in Italy and were analysed by Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) software. The results showed that words related to peer support decreased in posts over time, and that anxiety and anger increased in the published comments. Moreover, greater feelings of negativity and anxiety were found in posts and comments throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as lesser use of words related to positive emotions. Thematic qualitative analysis revealed eight themes that described the main subjective components of ED symptomatology and distress during the first COVID-19 lockdown. The current findings can help in delivering tailored treatments to people with eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Writing About the Silence: Identifying the Language of Ostracism

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 751-763
Author(s):  
Fabian Klauke ◽  
Lena C. Müller-Frommeyer ◽  
Simone Kauffeld
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
First Person ◽  
Word Count ◽  
Person Plural ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry ◽  
First Person Plural ◽  
N 93

Autobiographical reports of episodes of ostracism and social inclusion were analyzed in two separate samples (German N = 93; English N = 243) using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) software. Recalling ostracism was associated with the use of more first-person singular pronouns, fewer first-person plural pronouns, and more complex language. These findings could reflect ostracism inducing a self-focus and putting high cognitive load on its targets. This study provides a first step to establish linguistic analysis as a tool for the research of social exclusion.

Reflecting on the communication process in health care. Part 2: the management of complaints

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 927-929
Author(s):  
Beverley Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Breaking Bad News ◽  
Breaking Bad ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Sensitive Issue ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
The Impact

This is Part 2 of a two-part article on the communication process in healthcare practice. Part 1 focused on clinical practice in relation to breaking bad news. In Part 2, the focus is on the management of complaints, including the communication process, and the subsequent emotional impact on the health professional. Efficient management of complaints is vital to ensure positive outcomes for all stakeholders—patients, health professionals and the organisation. Reflection is a highly beneficial tool and this process is used to acknowledge the impact of a complaint on the author, other health professionals and the health organisation, and propose ways in which management of this highly sensitive issue could be improved in the future

The cultural influences of narrative content on consumers’ perceptions of helpfulness

2021 ◽  
pp. 147078532110230
Author(s):  
Ning Fu
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Online Reviews ◽  
The United States ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Text Analytics ◽  
Word Count ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry ◽  
The Impact

The rapid development of text analytics enables marketers to obtain the information extracted from the narrative content in user-generated content (UGC). Recent studies have also demonstrated that people with different cultural backgrounds may express their opinions about their purchase in diverse manners. This study focuses on the impact of the narrative content of consumers’ perception of helpfulness. It first identifies four contextual dimensions to propose a theoretical model, demonstrating that perceptions of helpfulness may differ in respect to the consumers’ varied cultural backgrounds (e.g., individualism vs. collectivism). By using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC), the study empirically tests the hypotheses by analyzing 111,857 movie reviews collected for 167 American movies released both in the United States and in China from 2013 to 2016. The results reveal that individualist consumers perceive an online review that contains more self-description and future-focus content as helpful, whereas collectivist consumers rely more on online reviews containing social description and past-focus content.

scholarly journals Linguistic Analysis of Statements Concerning Paintings Viewed Under Different Instructions by Experts and Novices in the Visual Arts

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 357-379
Author(s):  
Piotr Jan Francuz ◽  
Anna Szymańska ◽  
Marcin Wojtasiński
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Word Count ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry Word Count ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry ◽  
Points Of View

Abstract This research aimed to perform linguistic analysis of the statements of experts and novices in the arts concerning figurative paintings from the 16th to 19th century of different aesthetic value under different instructions. The experts were selected based on a formal criterion of education in visual arts. Based on previous research, the paintings were divided into three groups: beautiful, not beautiful and controversial. The participants viewed them from different points of view defined by seven instructions. The Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) was used to measure the connotation of statements in emotional and cognitive terms. Hypotheses, according to which the statements of novices are marked more with emotional, and those of experts more with cognitive processes, were only partially confirmed. It turned out that the emotional or cognitive connotation of statements concerning paintings is mostly modified by the point from which they are viewed and their aesthetic value.

A Linguistic Analysis of Suicide-Related Twitter Posts

Crisis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 319-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridianne O'Dea ◽  
Mark E. Larsen ◽  
Philip J. Batterham ◽  
Alison L. Calear ◽  
Helen Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
First Person ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Word Count ◽  
Online Risk ◽  
Twitter Data ◽  
Social Media Site ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry

Abstract. Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. Identifying those at risk and delivering timely interventions is challenging. Social media site Twitter is used to express suicidality. Automated linguistic analysis of suicide-related posts may help to differentiate those who require support or intervention from those who do not. Aims: This study aims to characterize the linguistic profiles of suicide-related Twitter posts. Method: Using a dataset of suicide-related Twitter posts previously coded for suicide risk by experts, Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) and regression analyses were conducted to determine differences in linguistic profiles. Results: When compared with matched non-suicide-related Twitter posts, strongly concerning suicide-related posts were characterized by a higher word count, increased use of first-person pronouns, and more references to death. When compared with safe-to-ignore suicide-related posts, strongly concerning suicide-related posts were characterized by increased use of first-person pronouns, greater anger, and increased focus on the present. Other differences were found. Limitations: The predictive validity of the identified features needs further testing before these results can be used for interventional purposes. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that strongly concerning suicide-related Twitter posts have unique linguistic profiles. The examination of Twitter data for the presence of such features may help to validate online risk assessments and determine those in need of further support or intervention.

The Content of Suicide Notes from Attempters and Completers

Crisis ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori D. Handelman ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Analysis Program ◽  
Word Count ◽  
Future Tense ◽  
Suicide Notes ◽  
Program Notes ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry

Abstract. A study of the content of suicide notes from attempted suicides and completed suicides was conducted using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) text analysis program. Notes from completed suicides had fewer metaphysical references, more future tense verbs, more social references (to others) and more positive emotions than did the notes from attempted suicides. The implications of these results were discussed.

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