Tuning in to psychological change: Linguistic markers of psychological traits and emotions over time in popular U.S. song lyrics

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-207

  DeWall, C Nathan ^a   Pond, Richard S ^a   Campbell, W Keith ^b   Twenge, Jean M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Cultural products; Linguistic Inquiry Word Count; Meta analysis; Song lyrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052277545     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023195     Document Type: Article

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