Health Lens dimensions

Psychological Distress

Dimension 1040 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index
0.0398

Psychological Distress measures the presence and severity of troubled emotional and mental experience, including nervousness, loneliness, hopelessness, loss of interest, restlessness, and feeling overwhelmed or unable to cope. It encompasses expressions ranging from minimal or incidental signs of strain to clear, pervasive distress with agitation and despair.

evidence final name · Within Couple

Bands

Minimal Psychological Distress

Expressions activating this band show little clear distress signal or only mild, occasional strain, distraction, or interpersonal disconnection. The experience is diffuse, situational, or weakly marked rather than emotionally overwhelming.

Moderate Psychological Distress

Expressions activating this band reflect noticeable emotional burden, including loneliness, diminished interest, discouragement, and difficulty with memory or everyday functioning. Distress is present as a meaningful subjective problem that affects engagement and self-care.

High Psychological Distress

Expressions activating this band reflect intense distress marked by fearfulness, restlessness, agitation, hopelessness, and thoughts of giving up. The experience is acute and pervasive, with a strong sense of threat, defeat, or inability to settle emotionally.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Within Couple1.00
Sent0.50
Next0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-8..B-2274,686
B-1..B44,702,954
B5..B114,203

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness72
03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal52
05__whole_disney_dataset__rating63
06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment73
07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel59
08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context76
10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary64
11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief96

Anchor definitions

Low Within Couple

Low Within Couple: Content characterized by june, system, name, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect within couple at this level.

Moderate Within Couple

Moderate Within Couple: Content characterized by tweeters, working, within, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect within couple at this level.

High Within Couple

High Within Couple: Content characterized by within, couple, sent, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect within couple at this level.