Suicidal traits in Marilyn Monroe's fragments: An LIWC analysis

Crisis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 124-130

  Fernandez Cabana M ^a   Garcia Caballero A ^a   Alves Perez M T ^a   Garcia Garcia M J ^a   Mateos, R ^b  

^a University Hospital Complex of Ourense   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Language; LIWC; Marilyn Monroe; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEMANTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

ADULT; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; SEMANTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 84874832238     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000183     Document Type: Article

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