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Lexical Features and Psychological States: A Quantitative Linguistic Approach

Xiaowei Du

Published 2023 in Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

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ABSTRACT In recent decades, there has been an increasing interest in the relation between lexical features and texts of psychological states. Previous studies demonstrated that some lexical features varied significantly among the texts of psychological states. However, the lexical features at the textual level have received little attention. This paper extends this work by examining the performance of quantitative linguistic indices in classifying texts of psychological issues. A large dataset of forum posts including texts of anxiety, depression, suicide ideation, and normal states were experimented with Machine Learning algorithms. The results revealed that the quantitative linguistic indices with Machine Learning algorithms achieved a high level of success in identifying psychological states. Meanwhile, some quantitative linguistic indices, namely, ALT and Writer’s view, may extract adequate lexical features for classifying texts of different psychological states. The study is probably the first attempt that uses quantitative linguistic indices as lexical features to detect texts of psychological states, and the findings may contribute to our understanding of how accuracy may be enhanced in the identification of various psychological states. Finally, the implications of these findings are discussed.

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