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  • Digital Humanities

Background:

  • Compulsive gambling and compulsive buying behaviors share underlying impulse-control deficits.
  • Lexical analysis of personal narratives can reveal psychological characteristics of these compulsions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the linguistic characteristics of personal narratives from individuals with compulsive gambling and compulsive buying behaviors.
  • To investigate similarities and differences in text-based psychological markers between these two compulsive behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized secondary data from an online mental health forum (Psychforums).
  • Analyzed narratives of compulsive gambling (n=199) and compulsive buying (n=196) using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) tool.
  • Performed lexical analysis focusing on psychological and social dimensions of language.

Main Results:

  • Compulsive buying narratives exhibited significantly higher clout and emotional tone compared to compulsive gambling narratives.
  • Compulsive buying narratives demonstrated significantly lower authenticity than compulsive gambling narratives.
  • No significant differences were found in analytical thinking between the two groups' narratives.

Conclusions:

  • Linguistic analysis of online narratives offers insights into the psychological underpinnings of compulsive behaviors.
  • While sharing impulse-control roots, compulsive buying and gambling manifest distinct linguistic markers related to emotional expression and self-perception.
  • Future research should incorporate demographic variables and compare narratives across diverse online platforms.