The psychological impact of COVID-19 on people suffering from dysfunctional eating behaviours: a linguistic analysis of the contents shared in an online community during the lockdown.

Res Psychother · 2021 · PMC8715260 · PMID 35047429

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approached significanceP=0.067so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

For the selected shared posts we found both a linear and quadratic trend which approached significance for the Peer Support category ( β 1 = –0.259; P=0.067, and β 1 = –0.257; P=0.068, respectively).

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

an increasing trendno p-value reported

Specifically, we expected an increasing trend over the 56 days in the use of linguistic categories related to negative emotions: Anxiety, Negative emotions (NEGEMO), Anger, ED Concerns; and a decreasing trend with words related to positive emotions and social connection: Discrepancy, Peer Support, and Positive emotions (POSEMO).

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