ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022
Linguistic measures of psychological distance track symptom levels and treatment outcomes in a large set of psychotherapy transcripts.
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Abstract
SignificanceUsing language to "distance" ourselves from distressing situations (i.e., by talking less about ourselves and the present moment) can help us manage emotions. Here, we translate this basic research to discover that such "linguistic distancing" is a replicable measure of mental health in a large set of therapy transcripts (
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