Table 1 An overview of all metaphor variables and descriptive statistics
From: Metaphorical language and psychopathological symptoms: a case study of trauma victims’ metaphor use
Metaphor variables | Mean of density (per thousand Chinese characters) | |
|---|---|---|
Conventionality | Novel Conventional | 3.82 (SD = 2.09) 5.10 (SD = 2.41) |
Emotional valence | Negative Neutral Positive | 4.47 (SD = 1.98) 3.89 (SD = 2.33) 0.56 (SD = 0.64) |
Target categories | SELF OTHERS PERSONAL SITUATION SOCIAL SITUATION | 1.93 (SD = 1.31) 1.31 (SD = 1.64) 1.02 (SD = 1.02) 1.06 (SD = 0.98) |
SELF AND SELF SELF AND OTHERS SELF AND PERSONAL SITUATION SELF AND SOCIAL SITUATION | 0.98 (SD = 1.25) 0.44 (SD = 0.67) 0.61 (SD = 0.53) 1.56 (SD = 1.24) | |
Trauma-related vehicle groupings | SENSORY INFORMATION PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WAR AND THREAT SPACE AND SPATIAL RELATIONS | 1.93 (SD = 1.14) 2.02 (SD = 1.28) 0.48 (SD = 0.63) 0.76 (SD = 0.65) |
Trauma-related discourse topics | EMOTIONAL FEELINGS SELF-REFERENCES THINKING AND UNDERSTANDING | 3.10 (SD = 1.89) 0.46 (SD = 0.73) 1.49 (SD = 1.28) |