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Gandino G, Civilotti C, Finzi S, Gaboardi M, Guazzini A, Novara C, Procentese F, Santinello M, Sola T, Veglia F, Venera EM, Di Fini G. Linguistic markers of processing the first months of the pandemic COVID-19: a psycholinguistic analysis of Italian university students' diaries. Curr Psychol 2023:1-14. [PMID: 37359583 PMCID: PMC10196289 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-04737-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
A longitudinal psycholinguistic study was conducted with 107 students from different Italian universities that produced daily photo-diary entries for two weeks, one at the beginning and the other at the end of the first Italian lockdown period, imposed in view of the rapid dissemination of COVID -19. The task was to take a daily photo accompanied by a short description (text). The texts accompanying the photos were analysed using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) software to analyze linguistic markers representing psychological processes related to the experience of the pandemic and the lockdown, identifying potential changes in psycholinguistic variables useful for understanding the psychological impact of such harsh and extended restricted living conditions on Italian students. LIWC categories related to negation, anger, cognitive mechanisms, tentative discourse, past, and future increased statistically significantly between the two time points, while word count, prepositions, communication, leisure, and home decreased statistically significantly. While male participants used more articles at both time points, females used more words related to anxiety, social processes, past, and present at T1 and more related to insight at T2. Participants who lived with their partner showed higher scores on negative emotions, affect, positive feelings, anger, optimism, and certainty. Participants from southern Italy tended to describe their experiences from a collective and social perspective rather than an individual perspective. By identifying, discussing, and comparing these phenomena with the broader literature, a spotlight is shed for the first time on the psycholinguistic analysis of students at the national level who faced the first COVID -19 lockdown in Italy.
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Affiliation(s)
- G. Gandino
- Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literatures and Psychology, Centre for the Study of Complex Systems (CSDC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- University of Chieti and Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Arcidiacono C, Velleman R, Procentese F, Berti P, Albanesi C, Sommantico M, Copello A. Italian families living with relatives with alcohol or drugs problems. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 2010. [DOI: 10.3109/09687630902824262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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