The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression Community
Limited studies have investigated the presence of cognitive distortion and emotional disturbance in online depression narratives. Additionally, the intricate relationships between the expression of depressive emotions, the construction of the depressed self and the manifestation of cognitive thinki...
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Limited studies have investigated the presence of cognitive distortion and emotional disturbance in online depression narratives. Additionally, the intricate relationships between the expression of depressive emotions, the construction of the depressed self and the manifestation of cognitive thinking lack an intuitively perceived connection. This study explores the affective cognition of a group of young individuals who shared their depressive emotions on the ‘Zoufan’ Weibo page. A set of 2000 comments was selected and coded, which revealed a prevalence of negative emotions within the community. Pronouns, a pivotal discursive resource and a cue for studying identity work, were further mapped with the top 10 negative emotions. Exploratory analyses revealed the four most salient distorted thinking patterns: self-isolating thinking, self-blaming thinking, absolutist thinking, and catastrophic thinking. The implication of this study lies in assisting both the public and Internet users in recognizing pronouns as nuanced emotional and cognitive cues of online depression narratives.
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| spelling | doaj-art-3fe6ad52015c478db11a05b09d53fb372024-12-05T18:58:18ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862024-07-01341The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression CommunityYating Chen0Charity Lee1Pei Soo Ang2Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti MalayaFaculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti MalayaFaculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti Malaya Limited studies have investigated the presence of cognitive distortion and emotional disturbance in online depression narratives. Additionally, the intricate relationships between the expression of depressive emotions, the construction of the depressed self and the manifestation of cognitive thinking lack an intuitively perceived connection. This study explores the affective cognition of a group of young individuals who shared their depressive emotions on the ‘Zoufan’ Weibo page. A set of 2000 comments was selected and coded, which revealed a prevalence of negative emotions within the community. Pronouns, a pivotal discursive resource and a cue for studying identity work, were further mapped with the top 10 negative emotions. Exploratory analyses revealed the four most salient distorted thinking patterns: self-isolating thinking, self-blaming thinking, absolutist thinking, and catastrophic thinking. The implication of this study lies in assisting both the public and Internet users in recognizing pronouns as nuanced emotional and cognitive cues of online depression narratives. https://ajba.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/50974Depressed Self, Affective Cognition, Negative Emotion, Pronouns, Online Depression Communities |
| spellingShingle | Yating Chen Charity Lee Pei Soo Ang The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression Community Journal of Modern Languages Depressed Self, Affective Cognition, Negative Emotion, Pronouns, Online Depression Communities |
| title | The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression Community |
| title_full | The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression Community |
| title_fullStr | The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression Community |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression Community |
| title_short | The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression Community |
| title_sort | connection between pronouns and distorted thinking depressed selves in an online depression community |
| topic | Depressed Self, Affective Cognition, Negative Emotion, Pronouns, Online Depression Communities |
| url | https://ajba.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/50974 |
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