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. 2018 Sep 21;6:e5656. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5656

Table 1. Correlations between self-harm and Twitter language measured by dictionaries.

Language variable r p 95% CI
Risk factors
Anger −0.169 <.001 [−0.238, −0.099]
Negative relationships −0.095 .010 [−0.166, −0.023]
Negative emotions −0.102 .005 [−0.173, −0.030]
Disengagement 0.008 .831 [−0.064, 0.080]
Anxiety −0.045 .219 [−0.117, 0.027]
Protective factors
Positive relationshipsa −0.001 .976 [−0.073, 0.071]
Positive emotions 0.059 .110 [−0.013, 0.131]
Positive engagement −0.031 .393 [−0.103, 0.041]

Notes.

a

Following Eichstaedt et al. (2015a), the word love was removed from the dictionary for this variable. See discussion in the text.