arXiv:2604.10063cs.CL2026-04

分析自闭症与多动症群体在Reddit的互动生成语言差异,发现彼此会主动调整用语。

Mirroring Minds: Asymmetric Linguistic Accommodation and Diagnostic Identity in ADHD and Autism Reddit Communities

论文配图:Mirroring Minds: Asymmetric Linguistic Accommodation and Diagnostic Identity in ADHD and Autism Reddit Communities
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  • 基于沟通适应理论,对比两群体语言特征差异。
  • 跨社区发帖时语言风格向对方靠拢,相反方向变化明显。
  • 身份认同影响语言,对诊断披露反应不一致,具临床启示。

社交媒体心理健康研究多聚焦个体层面的检测与诊断。本文转向群体间行为,考察自闭症与多动症两大神经多样性社群在Reddit上的语言互动。基于沟通适应理论(CAT),我们首先通过语言查询与词频词典(LIWC)确认两群体具有显著不同的语言特征。当成员跨社区发帖时,其语言特征呈现反向调整:原社群中偏高的语言指标在另一社群空间下降,反之亦然,符合收敛适应规律。涉及主题无关的概括性变量(如真实性、影响力)的变化,为非单纯话题驱动提供了部分证据。在围绕公开诊断披露的探索性纵向分析中,发现其对语言风格的影响微弱,且在某些情况下与跨社区适应方向相反,提示情境性受众适应与长期身份建构可能涉及不同机制。研究有助于理解神经多样性群体在线交流动态,并对社区治理与临床认知具有启示。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Social media research on mental health has focused predominantly on detecting and diagnosing conditions at the individual level. In this work, we shift attention to \emph{intergroup} behavior, examining how two prominent neurodivergent communities, ADHD and autism, adjust their language when engaging with each other on Reddit. Grounded in Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT), we first establish that each community maintains a distinct linguistic profile as measured by Language Inquiry and Word Count Lexicon (LIWC). We then show that these profiles shift in opposite directions when users cross community boundaries: features that are elevated in one group's home community decrease when its members post in the other group's space, and vice versa, consistent with convergent accommodation. The involvement of topic-independent summary variables (Authentic, Clout) in these shifts provides partial evidence against a purely topical explanation. Finally, in an exploratory longitudinal analysis around the moment of public diagnosis disclosure, we find that its effects on linguistic style are small and, in some cases, directionally opposite to cross-community accommodation, providing initial evidence that situational audience adaptation and longer-term identity processes may involve different mechanisms. Our findings contribute to understanding intergroup communication dynamics among neurodivergent populations online and carry implications for community moderation and clinical perspectives on these conditions.

社交网络语言分析神经多样性群体互动

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