Between the lines: investigating health beliefs and emotional expressions in online mental health communities
Findings demonstrate that users tend to use more negative language in contexts with higher perceived severity. Future work should prioritize improving model adaptability to health-specific data, handling rare terms, conducting nuanced emotional analyses in written expressions, and addressing ethical implications in analyzing user-generated content.
Authors
- Khanh T.P. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8184-8238)
- Jobst‐Hendrik Schultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9433-3970)
- Swati Chandna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8393-5337)
- Gwendolyn Mayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5886-3226)
- Binh Vu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8567-1193)
Institutions
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1521623
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health via Writing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universität Heidelberg