Depression and Reciprocal Language Style Matching in Text Messages

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Journal of Language and Social Psychology Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI:10.1177/0261927x231163305

Marian S. Weinstein, Michaeline R Jensen

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Abstract

This study investigates whether interpersonal coordination of language style in written text message communication relates to past-year depressive symptoms and lifetime major depressive disorder (MDD) in young adults. Consistent with application of Joiner's integrative interpersonal framework to interpersonal coordination, we hypothesized that students with more experiences of depression, and their conversation partners, would engage in less interpersonal coordination in text messages (indexed by reciprocal language style matching of function words; rLSM). College students at a large southeastern university ( N = 263) contributed two weeks of text messages in 2014−2015, alongside a mental health survey. Texts were filtered to dyads that used formal English (207,942 talk turns), accommodating limitations of LSM measurement. Structural equation models showed that students with more past-year depressive symptoms and lifetime MDD coordinated more (opposite the hypothesized direction of effect). Implications for interpersonal processes in depression and measurement of rLSM in text messages are discussed.

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短信中的压抑与对等语言风格匹配

本研究旨在探讨书面短信沟通中语言风格的人际协调是否与过去一年的抑郁症状和终生重度抑郁症(MDD)有关。与Joiner的整合人际框架在人际协调中的应用相一致，我们假设抑郁经历越多的学生及其对话伙伴在短信中的人际协调行为越少(以虚词的相互语言风格匹配为指标;rLSM)。东南一所大型大学的263名大学生在2014年至2015年期间贡献了两周的短信时间，同时进行了一项心理健康调查。文本被过滤到使用正式英语的对子组(207,942个谈话回合)，以适应LSM测量的局限性。结构方程模型显示，过去一年抑郁症状多的学生与终生重度抑郁症的协调程度更高(与假设的影响方向相反)。本文讨论了短信中rLSM对抑郁症人际过程的影响。

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Journal of Language and Social Psychology Multiple-

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5.20

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Language and Social Psychology explores the social dimensions of language and the linguistic implications of social life. Articles are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, sociology, communication, psychology, education, and anthropology. The journal provides complete and balanced coverage of the latest developments and advances through original, full-length articles, short research notes, and special features as Debates, Courses and Conferences, and Book Reviews.