Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach

H. Andrew Schwartz; Johannes C. Eichstaedt; Margaret L. Kern; Lukasz Dziurzynski; Stephanie M. Ramones; Megha Agrawal; Achal Shah; Michal Kosinski; David Stillwell; Martin E. P. Seligman; Lyle H. Ungar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073791

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Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach

H. Andrew Schwartz ,

* E-mail: hansens@sas.upenn.edu

Affiliations Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Johannes C. Eichstaedt,

Affiliation Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Margaret L. Kern,

Affiliation Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lukasz Dziurzynski,

Affiliation Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Stephanie M. Ramones,

Affiliation Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Megha Agrawal,

Affiliations Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Achal Shah,

Affiliation Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Michal Kosinski,

Affiliation The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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David Stillwell,

Affiliation The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Martin E. P. Seligman,

Affiliation Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lyle H. Ungar

Affiliation Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach

H. Andrew Schwartz,
Johannes C. Eichstaedt,
Margaret L. Kern,
Lukasz Dziurzynski,
Stephanie M. Ramones,
Megha Agrawal,
Achal Shah,
Michal Kosinski,
David Stillwell,
Martin E. P. Seligman

Published: September 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073791

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Title: “Facebook Study Reveals Links Between What You Post And Who You Are”
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