Table 6.
Content analysis of comments of users.
| (A) Historic | (B) Pandemic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 to March 10, 2020 | March 11 to August 31, 2020 | Statistics | ||
| n (E:W:M) (%) | n (E:W:M) (%) | P | ||
| Participants | 33 (4:26:3) (100) | 57 (0: 44:13) (100) | ||
| Grief | 13 (0:11:2) (39.4) | 5 (0:3:2) (8.8) | *** | |
| Personal loss | 8 (0:6.2) (24.2) | 1 (0:0:1) (1.8) | ||
| Loss of a friend | 2 (0:2:0) (6.0) | 1 (0:0:1) (1.8) | ||
| Loss at the school | 3 (0:3:0) (9.0) | 0 | ||
| Societal loss | 0 | 2 (0:2:0) (3.5) | ||
| Disenfranchised grief | 0 | 1 (0:0:1) (1.8) | ||
| Expressivity (use of emoji or emoticons) | ||||
| In grief | 0 | 0 | ||
| Not in grief | 0 | 11 (0:7:4) (21) | ** | |
| Expressivity (number of words) | n, Mean ± SEM | n, Mean ± SEM | ||
| In grief | 13, 37.5 ± 7.0 | 5, 17.0 ± 5.44 | (*) | |
| Not in grief | 20, 9.8 ± 2.3 | GGG | 52, 16.1 ± 2.03 | (*) |
Data for content analysis of comments of users on the viral children's story are expressed as real numbers (n); ratio of E, entities; W, women; M, men; and percentages (%). In bold, the highest percentages are indicated. The symbol “—” is meant for absence or data not reported or quantifiable, according to YouTube analytics. Statistics: Student t test of Fisher exact test; p < 0.001 vs. the comments not referring to grief;
p < 0.05, one-tailed;
p < 0.01;
p < 0.001 vs. the historic.