Table 10.
Distribution of words per session for the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count categories—first-person singular pronouns, positive emotion words, negative emotion words, causation words, insight words, discrepancy words, and social processes.
| Indicators | Words (%), range; % | |||||||||
| First-person singular pronouns | 0-2.3; 1.9 | 2.3-4.6; 4.9 | 4.6-6.9; 10.5 | 6.9-9.2; 19.4 | 9.2-11.5; 29.1 | 11.5-13.8; 24.5 | 13.8-16.1; 8.3 | 16.1-18.4; 1 | 18.4-20.7; 0.3 | 20.7-23; 0.1 |
| Positive emotion | 0-2.8; 16 | 2.8-5.6; 51 | 5.6-8.4; 19.7 | 8.4-11.2; 7.6 | 11.2-14; 3.6 | 14-16.8; 1.4 | 16.8-19.6; 0.1 | 19.6-22.4; 0.3 | 22.4-25.2; 0.1 | 25.2-28; 0.1 |
| Negative emotion | 0-1.1; 14.9 | 1.1-2.2; 23.5 | 2.2-3.3; 28.8 | 3.3-4.4; 17.6 | 4.4-5.5; 8.5 | 5.5-6.6; 4.4 |
6.6-7.7; 1.8 |
7.7-8.8; 0.1 |
8.8-9.9; 0 |
9.9-11; 0.3 |
| Causation | 0-0.65; 21 | 0.65-1.3; 15.4 | 1.3-1.95; 27.8 | 1.95-2.6; 21.2 | 2.6-3.25; 9.8 | 3.25-3.9; 2.7 | 3.9-4.55; 0.9 | 4.55-5.2; 0.5 | 5.2-5.85; 0.3 | 5.85-6.5; 0.4 |
| Insight | 0-1.1; 16.2 | 1.1-2.2; 20.6 | 2.2-3.3; 27.2 | 3.3-4.4; 21.3 | 4.4-5.5; 9.3 | 5.5-6.6; 4 |
6.6-7.7; 0.9 |
7.7-8.8; 0.1 |
8.8-9.9; 0.3 |
9.9-11; 0.1 |
| Discrepancy | 0-1.3; 29.2 | 1.3-2.6; 45 | 2.6-3.9; 17.2 | 3.9-5.2; 4.8 | 5.2-6.5; 1.8 | 6.5-7.8; 1.2 |
7.8-9.1; 0.5 |
9.1-10.4; 0.1 | 10.4-11.7; 0 | 11.7-13; 0.1 |
| Social processes | 0-3.6; 4.9 | 3.6-7.2; 23.4 | 7.2-10.8; 30.7 | 10.8-14.4; 23 | 14.4-18; 11.3 | 18-21.6; 4.4 | 21.6-25.2; 1.6 | 25.2-28.8; 0.3 | 28.8-32.4; 0.4 | 32.4-36; 0.1 |