Table 1 Pearson and partial correlations of emotion vocabulary (EV) with other study variables for study 1 (N = 1567 unless marked otherwise).
From: Natural emotion vocabularies as windows on distress and well-being
Pearson correlations with negative EV | Partial correlations with negative EV | Pearson correlations with positive EV | Partial correlations with positive EV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative EV | – | – | – | – |
Positive EV | 0.16 (0.06)*** | 0.18 (0.04)*** | – | – |
Demographic variables | ||||
Age | −0.02 (0.02) | −0.05 (0.03)† | −0.06 (0.02)* | −0.04 (0.02) |
Gendera | 0.20 (0.02)*** | 0.15 (0.03)*** | −0.00 (0.03) | 0.06 (0.03)* |
Individual differences—text-derived | ||||
Cognitive processing | 0.08 (0.03)** | – | −0.07 (0.03)** | – |
Negative emotional tone | 0.61 (0.04)*** | – | 0.01 (0.06) | – |
Positive emotional tone | −0.03 (0.04) | – | 0.50 (0.03)*** | – |
General vocabulary size | 0.11 (0.04)*** | – | 0.21 (0.03)*** | – |
Illness words | 0.11 (0.05)*** | 0.01 (0.03) | 0.06 (0.04)* | 0.06 (0.03)* |
I-words | 0.25 (0.06)*** | 0.23 (0.04)*** | 0.05 (0.04) | 0.10 (0.04)*** |
We-words | −0.11 (0.02)*** | −0.06 (0.02)* | −0.05 (0.02)* | −0.06 (0.03)* |
Affiliation words | 0.05 (0.03)† | 0.09 (0.03)*** | 0.14 (0.04)*** | 0.06 (0.03)* |
Achievement words | 0.06 (0.06)* | 0.04 (0.04)† | 0.11 (0.04)*** | 0.00 (0.03) |
Leisure words | −0.07 (0.06)** | −0.02 (0.04) | 0.20 (0.06)*** | 0.08 (0.05)** |
Individual differences—self-reported | ||||
Opennessb | −0.03 (0.03) | −0.02 (0.03) | 0.04 (0.03) | 0.01 (0.03) |
Conscientiousnessb | −0.01 (0.03) | 0.06 (0.03)* | 0.06 (0.03)* | 0.07 (0.03)* |
Extraversionb | −0.04 (0.03) | −0.03 (0.03) | 0.06 (0.03)* | 0.03 (0.03) |
Agreeablenessb | 0.01 (0.03) | 0.05 (0.03)† | 0.09 (0.03)** | 0.06 (0.03)† |
Neuroticismb | 0.17 (0.03)*** | 0.08 (0.03)** | −0.09 (0.03)** | −0.02 (0.03) |
Depression symptomsc | 0.11 (0.03)*** | −0.01 (0.03) | −0.07 (0.03)* | −0.01 (0.03) |
Overall healthd | −0.13 (0.03)*** | −0.05 (0.03)± | 0.06 (0.03)* | 0.05 (0.03) |
