Exploring the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in China: A Psycho-Linguistic Analysis on Weibo Data Pool
BackgroundsWith the rapid spread of COVID-19, strict home confinement has been implemented in most parts of Chinese regions. Millions of people were not allowed to leave their homes except for special reasons. Home confinement plays an essential role in curbing pandemic and promoting preventive beha...
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| author | Peijing Wu Peijing Wu Nan Zhao Sijia Li Sijia Li Zeyu Liu Zeyu Liu Yilin Wang Yilin Wang Tianli Liu Xiaoqian Liu Tingshao Zhu Tingshao Zhu |
| author_facet | Peijing Wu Peijing Wu Nan Zhao Sijia Li Sijia Li Zeyu Liu Zeyu Liu Yilin Wang Yilin Wang Tianli Liu Xiaoqian Liu Tingshao Zhu Tingshao Zhu |
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| description | BackgroundsWith the rapid spread of COVID-19, strict home confinement has been implemented in most parts of Chinese regions. Millions of people were not allowed to leave their homes except for special reasons. Home confinement plays an essential role in curbing pandemic and promoting preventive behaviors, but it may affect individuals’ mental health as well.ObjectsThe objective of this study was to explore the psychological impacts of home confinement.Materials and MethodsWe collected more than 150,360 Weibo messages from 5,370 Chinese active users, and then extracted psycho-linguistic features from these messages. Psycho-linguistic analysis was carried out using the 2 (confinement vs. non-confinement) × 2 (before vs. after confinement) repeated measure analysis of variance (RM ANOVA).ResultsThe results showed that the frequency of positive emotion words was remarkably decreased during home confinement [F(1,5368) = 7.926, p = 0.005, η2 = 0.001]. In high-endemic subgroup, home confinement also reduced the frequency of exclusion words [F(1,3445) = 4.518, p = 0.034, η2 = 0.001] and inhibition words [F(1,3445) = 10.154, p = 0.001, η2 = 0.003].ConclusionHome confinement caused a decline in the use of positive emotion words. This indicates that home confinement can increase the frequency of negative emotions. The changes of exclusion words and inhibition words in high-endemic areas may be related to the high epidemic threat and the urgent need for social distancing in these areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-790b779cbb9f4da4b461dd3815208baf2022-12-21T18:56:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-06-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.587308587308Exploring the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in China: A Psycho-Linguistic Analysis on Weibo Data PoolPeijing Wu0Peijing Wu1Nan Zhao2Sijia Li3Sijia Li4Zeyu Liu5Zeyu Liu6Yilin Wang7Yilin Wang8Tianli Liu9Xiaoqian Liu10Tingshao Zhu11Tingshao Zhu12CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaBackgroundsWith the rapid spread of COVID-19, strict home confinement has been implemented in most parts of Chinese regions. Millions of people were not allowed to leave their homes except for special reasons. Home confinement plays an essential role in curbing pandemic and promoting preventive behaviors, but it may affect individuals’ mental health as well.ObjectsThe objective of this study was to explore the psychological impacts of home confinement.Materials and MethodsWe collected more than 150,360 Weibo messages from 5,370 Chinese active users, and then extracted psycho-linguistic features from these messages. Psycho-linguistic analysis was carried out using the 2 (confinement vs. non-confinement) × 2 (before vs. after confinement) repeated measure analysis of variance (RM ANOVA).ResultsThe results showed that the frequency of positive emotion words was remarkably decreased during home confinement [F(1,5368) = 7.926, p = 0.005, η2 = 0.001]. In high-endemic subgroup, home confinement also reduced the frequency of exclusion words [F(1,3445) = 4.518, p = 0.034, η2 = 0.001] and inhibition words [F(1,3445) = 10.154, p = 0.001, η2 = 0.003].ConclusionHome confinement caused a decline in the use of positive emotion words. This indicates that home confinement can increase the frequency of negative emotions. The changes of exclusion words and inhibition words in high-endemic areas may be related to the high epidemic threat and the urgent need for social distancing in these areas.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.587308/fullhome confinementmental healthCOVID-19psycho-linguistic analysisLIWCactivity restriction |
| spellingShingle | Peijing Wu Peijing Wu Nan Zhao Sijia Li Sijia Li Zeyu Liu Zeyu Liu Yilin Wang Yilin Wang Tianli Liu Xiaoqian Liu Tingshao Zhu Tingshao Zhu Exploring the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in China: A Psycho-Linguistic Analysis on Weibo Data Pool Frontiers in Psychology home confinement mental health COVID-19 psycho-linguistic analysis LIWC activity restriction |
| title | Exploring the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in China: A Psycho-Linguistic Analysis on Weibo Data Pool |
| title_full | Exploring the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in China: A Psycho-Linguistic Analysis on Weibo Data Pool |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in China: A Psycho-Linguistic Analysis on Weibo Data Pool |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in China: A Psycho-Linguistic Analysis on Weibo Data Pool |
| title_short | Exploring the Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement in China: A Psycho-Linguistic Analysis on Weibo Data Pool |
| title_sort | exploring the psychological effects of covid 19 home confinement in china a psycho linguistic analysis on weibo data pool |
| topic | home confinement mental health COVID-19 psycho-linguistic analysis LIWC activity restriction |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.587308/full |
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