CLASSIFICATION OF INFANT CRIES USING DESCRIPTIVE SCALES
CLASSIFICATION OF INFANT CRIES USING DESCRIPTIVE SCALES
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DOI:
10.1016/s0163-6383(82)80044-1
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
KIRKLAND, J
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作者:
BRENNAN, M;KIRKLAND, J
Attempts to develop rules for identifying infant cry-types have typically relied on acoustic parameters of distinctive features. Rules were developed from Semantic Differential (SD) scales. Infant cries (6 each of pain, birth, hunger and pleasure) were rated on 50 SD scales by 39 mothers who also completed a cry recognition task. A discriminant function analysis produced classification equations which correctly identified 82% of the 10 criterion items and 64% of the fully cry set. Scales which discriminated 4 cry-types were selected using the mean scale ratings of the better recognized cries. Cry-type descriptions were provided by the scale labels. The discriminant function analysis offers a reliable means for classifying cries according to ratings on SD scales and the SD scales provide cry-type descriptions.