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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Abus. 2010 Apr;31(2):79–85. doi: 10.1080/08897071003641271

Table 1.

Selected word categories from the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) narrative analysis program with associated alpha reliabilities (calculated ? in a separate study or this study…? If separate, provide reference; if possible to do it easily, please add N number for the sample these alphas were calculated for – or describe it in more detail in the text) and example words

Word category alpha example words
Positive emotion .84 fun, grateful, vigor, love, secure, comfort
Negative emotion .84 Whine, dislike, tense, neglect, worry, argue
 • anxiety .77 Unsure, upset, restless, pressure, confused
Cognitive process .84 Cause, discover, recognize, wonder, think
 • inhibition .74 Control, forbid, hesitate, wait, stop
 • insight .77 Accept, admit, analyze, examine, understand