Affective and content analysis of online depression communities

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-226

  Nguyen, Thin ^a   Phung, Dinh ^a   Dao, Bo ^a   Venkatesh, Svetha ^a   Berk, Michael ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

affective computing; mood; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE COMPUTING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; MOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH;

EID: 84908459994     PISSN: 19493045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAFFC.2014.2315623     Document Type: Article

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