Table 1.

Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2001, 2007, 2015, and human coder average of words identified in each emotional category and subcategory.

Type of emotion	LIWCa 2001, % (SD)	LIWC 2007, % (SD)	LIWC 2015, % (SD)	Human coders, % (SD)
Total affect	4.8 (0.214)	6.1 (0.239)	6.1 (0.239)	1.8 (0.134)
Positive emotion	3.2 (0.175)	4.1 (0.198)	4.1 (0.198)	0.9 (0.096)
Negative emotion	1.6 (0.125)	1.9 (0.137)	1.9 (0.138)	0.9 (0.094)
Anxiety	0.5 (0.067)	0.6 (0.079)	0.6 (0.077)	0.3 (0.058)
Anger	0.2 (0.046)	0.2 (0.050)	0.2 (0.046)	0.1 (0.034)
Sadness	0.3 (0.059)	0.4 (0.063)	0.2 (0.066)	0.2 (0.044)

^aLIWC: Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count.