School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
Cogn Emot. 2022 Feb;36(1):9-22. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2021.2022602. Epub 2021 Dec 29.
The current paper used a preregistered set of language dimensions to indicate how scientists psychologically managed the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects. Study 1 evaluated over 1.8 million preprints from arXiv.org and assessed how papers written during the COVID-19 pandemic reflected patterns of psychological trauma and emotional upheaval compared to those written before the pandemic. The data suggest papers written during the pandemic contained more affect and more cognitive processing terms to indicate writers working through a crisis than papers written before the pandemic. Study 2 (= 74,744 published PLoS One papers) observed consistent emotion results, though cognitive processing patterns were inconsistent. Papers written specifically about COVID-19 contained more emotion than those not written about COVID-19. Finally, Study 3 ( = 361,189 published papers) replicated the Study 2 emotion results across more diverse journals and observed papers written during the pandemic contained a greater rate of cognitive processing terms, but a lower rate of analytic thinking, than papers written before the pandemic. These data suggest emotional upheavals are associated with psychological correlates reflected in the language of scientists at scale. Implications for psychology of language research and trauma are discussed.
本研究使用一组预先注册的语言维度来表明科学家如何在心理上应对 COVID-19 大流行及其影响。研究 1 评估了 arXiv.org 上的超过 180 万篇预印本，并评估了与大流行前相比，大流行期间撰写的论文如何反映心理创伤和情绪动荡的模式。数据表明，与大流行前撰写的论文相比，大流行期间撰写的论文包含更多的情感和更多的认知处理术语，以表明作者正在应对危机。研究 2（=74744 篇 PLoS One 已发表论文）观察到一致的情绪结果，尽管认知处理模式不一致。专门讨论 COVID-19 的论文比不讨论 COVID-19 的论文包含更多的情感。最后，研究 3（=361189 篇已发表论文）在更多不同的期刊上复制了研究 2 的情绪结果，并观察到大流行期间撰写的论文比大流行前撰写的论文包含更多的认知处理术语，但分析性思维的比率较低。这些数据表明，情绪动荡与科学家语言中反映的心理相关因素有关。讨论了对语言心理学研究和创伤的影响。
