Language Use and Personality during Crises: Analyses of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's Press Conferences

By James W. Pennebaker, Thomas C. Lay. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction

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The Psychological Meaning of Words: LIWC and Computerized Text Analysis Methods (2010, unknown): “The use of “we” in this case actually means “you students” rather than “you students and I” (see also use of the Royal We by political figures, such as Rudoph Guiliani in Pennebaker & Lay, 2002).”
Word Use in Emotional Narratives about Failed Romantic Relationships and Subsequent Mental Health (2005, background): “This explanation is supported by Pennebaker and Lay (2002) who claim that pronoun use is reflective of underlying psychological states.”
Winning words: Individual differences in linguistic style among U.S. presidential and vice presidential candidates (2007, background): “Previous research indicates that the language politicians use is sometimes a function of personal events going on in their lives (Pennebaker & Lay, 2002).”
Linguistic Markers of Psychological Change Surrounding September 11, 2001 (2004, background): “…use more first-person singular pronouns if they are young (Pennebaker & Stone, 2003), when they are depressed or dealing with a personal crisis (Pennebaker & Lay, 2002; Rude, Gortner, & Pennebaker, in press), and if they are induced to be honest as opposed to deceptive (Newman, Pennebaker,…”
Am “I” more important than “we”? Couples’ word use in instant messages (2008, background): “Although previous studies have investigated contextual aspects of word use in other domains such as adjustment to trauma (Cohn, Mehl, & Pennebaker, 2004) and political speech ( Pennebaker & Lay, 2002 ), studies of word use in relationships have not taken context into account.”
Gender Differences in Language Use: An Analysis of 14,000 Text Samples (2008, background): “First-person plural can variously be a marker of group identity and, on occasion, a sign of emotional distancing (Brewer & Gardner, 1996; Pennebaker & Lay, 2002).”