Capturing social media expressions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina and forecasting mental health and emotions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2101.04540v4
• Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:28:07 GMT
• Title: Capturing social media expressions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina and forecasting mental health and emotions
• Authors: Antonela Tommasel, Andres Diaz-Pace, Juan Manuel Rodriguez, Daniela Godoy
• Abstract summary: We forecast mental health conditions and emotions of a given population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina based on language expressions used in social media. Mental health conditions and emotions are captured via markers, which link social media contents with lexicons.
• Score: 0.802904964931021
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Purpose. We present an approach for forecasting mental health conditions and emotions of a given population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina based on language expressions used in social media. This approach permits anticipating high prevalence periods in short- to medium-term time horizons. Design. Mental health conditions and emotions are captured via markers, which link social media contents with lexicons. First, we build descriptive timelines for decision makers to monitor the evolution of markers, and their correlation with crisis events. Second, we model the timelines as time series, and support their forecasting, which in turn serve to identify high prevalence points for the estimated markers. Findings. Results showed that different time series forecasting strategies offer different capabilities. In the best scenario, the emergence of high prevalence periods of emotions and mental health disorders can be satisfactorily predicted with a neural network strategy, even when limited data is available in early stages of a crisis (e.g., 7 days). Originality. Although there have been efforts in the literature to predict mental states of individuals, the analysis of mental health at the collective level has received scarce attention. We take a step forward by proposing a forecasting approach for analyzing the mental health of a given population (or group of individuals) at a larger scale. Practical implications. We believe that this work contributes to a better understanding of how psychological processes related to crisis manifest in social media, being a valuable asset for the design, implementation and monitoring of health prevention and communication policies.

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