Anxiety
and Depression in Speech
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Benjamin
Pope, Thomas Blass, Aron W. Siegman and Jack Raher
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| Abstract |
| The association of certain nonlexical
and functional attributes of speech with anxiety and depression is investigated in
10-minute monologues taped by a sample of psychosomatic patients. The data consist
of eight high- and eight low-anxiety monologues of six patients (i.e., a total of 96) and
a similar sampling of depressive monologues. Anxiety was positively related to rate
of verbal productivity and speech disturbance; negatively to silent pauses.
Depression was negatively related to rate of productivity and filled pauses; positively to
silent pauses. These findings are discussed in terms of the activation effects of
anxiety and depression. Additional borderline results indicated a positive
relationship between anxiety and Resistiveness in speech and a negative relationship
between depression and Superficiality. |
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| Pope, B., T.
Blass, A. Seigman, & J. Raher 1970 Anxiety and Depression in Speech. In Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 35/1: 128-133. |
