VOCALIC ANALYSIS OF NATURAL DISCOURSE IN WELL AND DEPRESSED MOTHERS

这项研究调查了健康状况良好和抑郁的母亲的言语行为 在与他们3岁的孩子交谈时。目前为止的样本 由18名健康状况良好的母亲和10名抑郁的母亲组成。给出了通用电机 精神发育迟缓、能量水平降低和抑郁的社交退缩 据预测，抑郁母亲的言语模式 会与好母亲的说话方式不同。结果发现， 抑郁的母亲比健康的母亲更少发声。这个 抑郁母亲的孩子在言语上也表现出不同 当与健康妇女的孩子相比时，这种模式。他们说得更少 一边坐着和母亲一起吃午饭，一边对母亲说。在等待的时候 沮丧的妇女带着她们的孩子去看医生，改变了她们的 演讲模式以一种增加产量的方式被许多非常简短的 暂停。同样，他们的孩子的话语量增加了更多 接近正常儿童的水平。此更改不会发生在 健康母亲的孩子们的演讲。 整体的行为模式表明，抑郁的母亲 与健康的母亲相比，他们对孩子的态度是不同的。这可能会影响 母子互动的质量。它被假设为 抑郁母亲发声的频率降低可能会降低 增强孩子的语言能力和社交能力。这个 两组儿童之间的行为差异表明 这些影响已经很明显，并影响着 她三岁的后代。

This study examined the speech behavior of well and depressed mothers during conversation with their 3-year-old children. The sample to date consists of 18 well and 10 depressed mothers. Given the general motor retardation, the reduced energy level and social withdrawal of depressed individuals, it was predicted that the speech patterns of depressed mothers would differ from the speech patterns of well mothers. It was found that depressed mothers vocalize less often than do healthy mothers. The children of the depressed mothers also show differences in their speech patterns when compared to the children of healthy women. They speak less to their mother while sitting and eating lunch with her. While waiting with their children for a doctor's visit the depresed women changed their speech pattern to one of increased production punctuated by many very brief pauses. Similarly, their children's speech increased in amount to more closely approximate that of normal children. This change does not occur in the speech of the children of healthy mothers. The overall pattern of behavior suggests that depressed mothers interact differently with their children than do healthy mothers. This may affect the quality of mother-child interaction. It is hypothesized that the reduced frequency of vocalizations by depressed mothers may reduce the reinforcing and socializing capacity of speech for her children. The differences in the behavior between the two groups of children indicate that these influences are already apparent and affecting the behavior of her three-year-old offspring.