Research Article
Investigating Prosodic Accommodation in Clinical Interviews with Depressed Patients
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-01093-5_19, author={Brian Vaughan and Carolina Pasquale and Lorna Wilson and Charlie Cullen and Brian Lawlor}, title={Investigating Prosodic Accommodation in Clinical Interviews with Depressed Patients}, proceedings={Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health. 7th International Conference, MindCare 2018, Boston, MA, USA, January 9--10, 2018, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={MINDCARE}, year={2018}, month={10}, keywords={Speech analysis Clinical interviews Depression Prosody Accommodation Interaction Vowel-space}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-01093-5_19} }- Brian Vaughan
Carolina Pasquale
Lorna Wilson
Charlie Cullen
Brian Lawlor
Year: 2018
Investigating Prosodic Accommodation in Clinical Interviews with Depressed Patients
MINDCARE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01093-5_19
Abstract
Six in-depth clinical interviews, involving six elderly female patients (aged 60+) and one female psychiatrist, were recorded and analysed for a number of prosodic accommodation variables. Our analysis focused on pitch, speaking time, and vowel-space ratio. Findings indicate that there is a dynamic manifestation of prosodic accommodation over the course of the interactions. There is clear adaptation on the part of the psychiatrist, even going so far as to have a reduced vowel-space ratio, mirroring a reduced vowel-space ratio in the depressed patients. Previous research has found a reduced vowel-space ratio to be associated with psychological distress; however, we suggest that it indicates a high level of adaptation on the part of the psychiatrist and needs to be considered when analysing psychiatric clinical interactions.