Table 2.
Target measures for human scoring.
| Output | Category | Description |
| Sadness | Emotion | Expressing loss, grief, unhappiness, hopelessness; feeling low, down, or blue; behaviors such as crying, withdrawing. Possible indicator of depression (persistent, high distress [31]) |
| Fear | Emotion | Feeling scared, panicked, alarmed, apprehensive; less intensely worried, anxious, stressed, irritable, tense; being unable to focus, relax. Possible indicator of anxiety (persistent, high distress [31]) |
| Group cohesion | Group process | A culmination of participation, engagement, expressed mutual support, gratitude for other members, looking forward to future chat sessions and referring to the group as “we” and “us” to indicate a sense of belonging [38]. |
| Emotional profiling | Postgroup feature | A text summary of key phrases with high emotional content for each participant, scored for accuracy. |
| Tailored resource recommendation | Postgroup feature | A list of relevant psychosocial resources will be generated for each participant based on the conversations during the session. |