An example of text analysis software (EMOTAIX-Tropes) use: The influence of anxiety on expressive writing

Current Psychology Letters: Behaviour, Brain and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Piolat, Annie ^a   Bannour, Rachid ^a  

^a University of Provence Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Affective lexicon; Anxiety; Emotional lexicon; Expressive writing; Text analysis software

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549137980     PISSN: 13796100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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