VOCALIC ANALYSIS OF NATURAL DISCOURSE IN WELL AND DEPRESSED MOTHERS

14名抑郁母亲和18名非抑郁母亲在分娩过程中的言语行为 在这项研究中，他们与3岁的孩子进行了交谈。 考虑到一般的运动迟缓，能量水平降低， 抑郁个体的社交退缩， 抑郁的母亲被预测为不同于语言模式的良好 妈妈们 结果与初步调查结果一致 在去年的年度报告中。 抑郁的母亲发声较少 经常和反应不那么迅速停止他们的孩子的 比健康的母亲。 然而，在一个轻微的压力情况下， （等待医生的访问），抑郁的母亲，但不是健康的 母亲，显着提高了他们的语言生产力水平。 抑郁母亲的孩子比健康母亲的孩子说话少 尤其是在和母亲一起吃午饭的时候。 的 观察到的母亲行为的差异被解释为 这表明两组儿童接触到的环境非常不同， 社会化的模式。 抑郁女性的后代 他们被教导要尽量减少社会交往， 甚至轻微的压力。 孩子们行为的差异可能 表明这些3岁的孩子已经学会了保持他们的 尽量减少与母亲的互动。 这种适应方式可以 对儿童的持续社会，情感和 认知发展 第二项研究提供了初步分析， 在一次采访中，母亲的声音特征，她是 问她的孩子，她的丈夫和她的丈夫的主要情绪状态， 她自己 总的来说，抑郁的母亲报告的积极情绪状态较少 比普通女性更能照顾家庭成员。 然而，即使当 将所评估的语音样本限制为具有正面或负面影响的陈述， 中性内容，声音的频率范围被限制为 抑郁的女人

The speech behavior of 14 depressed and 18 nondepressed mothers during conversation with their 3-year-old children was examined in this study. Given the general motor retardation, the reduced energy level and the social withdrawal of depressed individuals, the speech patterns of depressed mothers were predicted to differ from the speech patterns of well mothers. The results were consistent with the preliminary findings reported in last year's Annual Report. Depressed mothers vocalized less often and responded less quickly to the cessation of their children's speech than healthy mothers. However, in a mildly stressful situation, (awaiting a doctor's visit), the depressed mothers, but not the healthy mothers, significantly increased their level of speech productivity. Children of the depressed mothers spoke less than children of healthy women, particularly while sitting and eating lunch with their mothers. The observed differences in the mothers' behaviors were interpreted as an indication that the two groups of children are exposed to very different patterns of socialization. The offspring of depressed women are being taught both to keep social interaction to a minimum and to be overreactive to even mild stresses. The differences in the children's behavior may indicate that already these 3-year-old children have learned to keep their interactions with their mother to a minimum. This manner of adaptation may have negative effects on the child's continued social, emotional and cognitive development. Preliminary analyses are available from the second study which focused on voice characteristics of the mother in an interview in which she was questioned concerning the dominant mood state of her child, her husband and herself. Overall the depressed mothers reported less positive mood states for all family members than did the normal women. However, even when restricting the assessed speech sample to statements with a positive or neutral content, the range of the voice's frequency was restricted for the depressed women.