Language Use in Chinese University Students With Depressive Symptoms

Nantong Wang; Ruichao Zhou; Chenyang Liu; Xiaolu Zhou; Changlai Chen; Raymond C.K. Chan

doi:10.1002/pchj.70041

Psych Journal ›› 2025, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (5) :715 -717. DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70041

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Language Use in Chinese University Students With Depressive Symptoms

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This study examined the language use in Chinese university students with depressive symptoms based on negative and positive memory recall tasks. People with depression used more first-person singular pronouns in the negative memory task and more negative words in both memory tasks.

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Chinese university students / depression / language use

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Nantong Wang, Ruichao Zhou, Chenyang Liu, Xiaolu Zhou, Changlai Chen, Raymond C.K. Chan. Language Use in Chinese University Students With Depressive Symptoms. Psych Journal, 2025, 14(5): 715-717 DOI:10.1002/pchj.70041

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