{"id":112,"date":"2022-06-10T23:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T03:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/psychejournal\/?p=112"},"modified":"2022-06-29T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:44:19","slug":"the-emotional-toll-of-a-pandemic-a-linguistic-analysis-of-twitter-posts-throughout-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/psychejournal\/2022\/06\/10\/the-emotional-toll-of-a-pandemic-a-linguistic-analysis-of-twitter-posts-throughout-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emotional Toll of a Pandemic: A Linguistic Analysis of Twitter Posts Throughout COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Travis A. Kelly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little research has currently been done focusing on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental and emotional processes of people in the United States. The few studies that have been published so far have focused on self-report measures to analyze the impact. While these publications are a good first step, more research needs to be done using methods controlling for the bias often found in self-report data. As very little research has been used with naturally occurring data, the present study focuses on this approach. The study uses code in R to pull content from Twitter to analyze certain emotions based on the linguistic content. Results from this study showed that there is a significant change in depression, suicidal ideation, emotional distress, and\/or uncertainty in different areas. This includes changes in these categories from one year to the next, changes in the way people talk about COVID-19, and changes in the way people talk on Twitter during COVID-19 but before vaccine distribution and after vaccine distribution began in the United States. Implications of this study include the need for increased awareness and further research on how COVID-19 has impacted mental health.<br>Keywords: Big data, depression, emotional distress, Twitter, COVID-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object aria-label=\"PDF embed\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-822aad5a-8ba2-4725-9165-fa444327ec8f\" href=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/29164343\/Psyche_Spring22_09-1.pdf\">Kelly (2022)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/06\/29164343\/Psyche_Spring22_09-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-822aad5a-8ba2-4725-9165-fa444327ec8f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis A. Kelly Little research has currently been done focusing on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental and emotional processes of people in the United States. The few studies that have been published so far have focused on self-report measures to analyze the impact. 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