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(Ehmann, Balázs, Fülöp, Hargitai, Kabai, Peley, Pólya Tibor, Vargha, Vincze,
g László, 2011). Ihe research team then investigated the capability of the crew
to achieve optimal autonomy and time awareness; changes in the emotional
states of the participants was examined through content analysis of the textual
elements of the diaries. As in the previous experiment, the study group was
isolated in extreme environmental conditions for extended periods of time.
The diaries of the crew (n = 18) who spent the winter in Antarctica revealed
that anger, rather than sadness or anxiety, was the predominant emotional
state of the group (Ehmann, Altbacker & Balazs, 2018).
The examination of the temporal and plot structure of stories is an important
aspect of any study in which the analysis of natural language processing is
relevant. The psychological study of texts is directed towards the qualitative
analysis of personal experiences and, in narrative social psychology, towards
the exploration of mental functioning and capacities. Tibor Pdlya (2020)
argues that indicators of the narrator’s emotional intelligence are not only
directly reflected in the content of the story, but also in the construction
of the narrative structure. According to the rules of story grammar, the
narrator engages in problem-solving processes in order to resolve the initial
complication and achieve a state of harmony. The success of the problem¬
solving process is reflected in the narrator's story, which reveals whether he
or she has sufficient knowledge of how the social world works and how to
recognize and understand emotions. The emotionally intelligent narrator
also takes into account the specificities of his audience's reception in order to
make the story more understandable. The narrative structure of an individual
with higher emotional intelligence ’is more elaborated and contains varied
spatio-temporal perspectives as well as various narrative evaluations.
The relationship between artistic creation and the abuse of psychoactive
drugs was examined by an analysis of autobiographic interviews with
professional artists and art students (n = 72). Psychoactive substances were
used by the artists both for stimulation and relaxation. The narratives could
also be used to identify the long-term effects of alcohol and cannabis on the
verbal behavior of the respondents (Iszaj, Enmann, Griffiths & Demetrovics,
2018). In Kalés (2012) research on addiction, a narrative approach was used
to explore the identity of the addicts in a complex way, as well as the factors
that led to their current state, the consequences for the present and their future
perspectives. The researcher conducted autobiographical interviews (n = 24)
about drug use and analyzed the narratives using cognitive linguistics and
corpus linguistics tools, focusing on the semantic features of language use as
opposed to content categories. The linguistic patterns in the study provided
insight into the respondents’ agency (i.e., their sense of their ability to direct
and control events).
Narratives centered around individual stories of illness are referred to as
pathographies. Dealing with the subjective and objective circumstances of
the experience of illness is also subject to narrative analysis. These texts are