A decline in prosocial language helps explain public disapproval of the US Congress

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6591-6594

  Frimer, Jeremy A ^a   Aquino, Karl ^b   Gebauer, Jochen E ^c   Zhu, Luke ^b,d   Oakes, Harrison ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impression formation; Language; LIWC; Public approval; Us congress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; UNITED STATES; GOVERNMENT; LAW; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930216256     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500355112     Document Type: Article

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