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From: Analysis of associations between emotions and activities of drug users and their addiction recovery tendencies from social media posts using structural equation modeling

Fig. 4

The Empath indicators-based withdrawal management model. Ellipses indicate latent variables, rectangles represent observed variables, straight line with one arrowhead represents a direct effect, and a curved line represents covariance. As indicated by this model, emotional and physical pain were found to positively influence the propensity of a drug user to recover. Unlike the model built using LIWC indicators, for the Empath indicators physical factors were found to be more important than emotional factors in recovery

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