Research Article

How Differing Audiences Were Associated with User Emotional Expression on a Well-Being App

Table 1

User and activity characteristics.

Characteristics of participantsObservations (%)

Number of unique persons1269 (100)
GenderFemale776 (61.15)
Male209 (16.47)
Unknown284 (22.38)
Year201763 (4.96)
2018611 (48.15)
2019595 (46.89)
DeviceAndroid312 (24.63)
iPhone955 (75.37)
Time zoneAfrica22 (1.74)
America870 (68.67)
Asia90 (7.10)
Australia75 (5.92)
Europe203 (16.02)
Pacific7 (0.55)
Activity typeWriting to explicit audience94 (7.41)
Writing to implied audience1175 (92.59)
MeanStdMaxMin
Length126918.0422.30335.003.006.0021.00
Sadness12270.250.230.970.000.070.40
Anger12270.110.140.950.000.030.14
Fear12270.150.191.000.000.030.18
Disgust12270.080.120.930.000.010.09
Joy12270.420.320.990.000.120.71

All analyses include only users first completed activity from users who wrote at least 3 words, wrote in English.