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Speech rate as a measure of short‐term variation in depression
Author(s) -
Teasdale John D.,
Fogarty Sarah J.,
Williams J. Mark G.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1980.tb00353.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , psychology , depression (economics) , measure (data warehouse) , term (time) , variation (astronomy) , audiology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , communication , medicine , computer science , data mining , physics , quantum mechanics , astrophysics , economics , macroeconomics
Experimental investigation of the state of depression is at present hindered by the lack of simple, objective, repeatable measures of components of the state. Covariation between self‐report measures of affect and a simple measure of speech rate was investigated in a series of studies of both clinical and normal subjects, using single‐case and group designs. Slowing of speech was significantly and substantially correlated with self‐reports of increased unpleasant affect in certain situations. This suggests that the speech measure may usefully reflect a behavioural component of a state of retarded‐type depression.