2024
Tell Me About Yourself: Analyzing Self-Referential Language Use in Borderline Personality Disorder
Welch J, Luo W, Ambroise K, Choi Y, Jones K, de Rouen A, Fineberg S. Tell Me About Yourself: Analyzing Self-Referential Language Use in Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 180: 428-438. PMID: 39536504, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.11.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-traumatic stress disorderBorderline personality disorderTrauma-exposed controlsMarkers of distressPersonality disorderStress disorderNegative emotionsComorbid borderline personality disorderSelf-referenceHealthy controlsNon-psychiatric controlsNegative emotion wordsLexical markersLanguage useTrauma control groupComparing language usePhysical wordLanguage samplesEmotional wordsSelf-referential languageTone wordsIll sampleBetween-group differencesStudy 2Study 1
2016
Self-reference in psychosis and depression: a language marker of illness
Fineberg SK, Leavitt J, Deutsch-Link S, Dealy S, Landry CD, Pirruccio K, Shea S, Trent S, Cecchi G, Corlett PR. Self-reference in psychosis and depression: a language marker of illness. Psychological Medicine 2016, 46: 2605-2615. PMID: 27353541, PMCID: PMC7944937, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291716001215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOdd beliefsNegative emotion wordsLexical differencesWord Count softwareComparison groupStrong beliefRelevant comparison groupsEmotion wordsProcess wordsFirst-person pronounsMarker of illnessWord useLexical patternsMental illnessLanguage markersLinguistic InquiryExperiment 1Experiment 2Illness identityLanguage useLexical markersSocial isolationFactor analysisBeliefsGroup comparisons
2015
Word use in first-person accounts of schizophrenia
Fineberg SK, Deutsch-Link S, Ichinose M, McGuinness T, Bessette AJ, Chung CK, Corlett PR. Word use in first-person accounts of schizophrenia. The British Journal Of Psychiatry 2015, 206: 32-38. PMID: 24970770, PMCID: PMC4283590, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.140046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenia accountsFirst-person accountsFirst-person singular pronounsWord use patternsThird-person plural pronounsDisorder accountsUnderstanding of selfCausal wordsWord useCausal languageSensory experienceSocial experienceSingular pronounsLanguage usePlural pronounsSchizophreniaMood disordersPronounsWordsDecreased couplingExperienceDelusionsSelfLanguageCounting software