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Table 6 Example posts of two discriminative words, which show the relevance of considering contextual information (users’ traits and occurrences’ polarity) for a proper interpretation

From: A profile-based sentiment-aware approach for depression detection in social media

Posts containing the word family

Posts containing the word relationship(s)

Male users, negative posts

Senior users, positive posts

My living expenses are increasing by 10%... I eat shit food, feed my family the best I can, get into arguments with the warden about leaving lights on and the doors open when its 110 degrees outside

Maybe you can think of it as going out with a friend rather than a date. After all most good relationships between couples are actually just good friendships that eventually go a stage further.

Rent! Can’t live in the ghetto! Got a family to protect! That’s almost a grand with even more insurance and fees up my ass.

Try not to let your past experiences define your future relationships. There are lots of people out there who are bad for us, but there are also some who are good.

Female users, positive posts

Young users, negative posts

I do owe it to this family to be the best person I can be. They are so nice to me. So caring and they trust me a lot. I just want to be a pleasant person to be around, for them.

My boyfriend has got borderline personality disorder...it is hard to describe the wicked tangles of guilt and sometimes abuse that such a relationship can mean.

The family you make is more important than the family you come from. Something I live by.

I saw posts on Facebook that she’s in a relationship with a guy I know and hate, and they were chatting back and forth and I’ve been crying ever since.