The psychology of word use: A computer program that analyzes texts in Spanish;La psicología del uso de las palabras: Un programa de computadora que analiza textos en Español

Revista Mexicana de Psicologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-99

  Ramírez Esparza, Nairán ^a   Pennebaker, James W ^a   García, Florencia Andrea ^a   Suriá, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chat rooms; Computerized program; Depression; Internet; LIWC; Text analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 39649114501     PISSN: 01856073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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