Effects of communication content on speech behavior of depressives.
Depressed patients were interviewed at two different severity levels in the course of their illness about both problematic and neutral topics, and their speech behavior was analyzed in terms of speech activity and silences. Lowered speech activity and increased silences occurred at higher severity levels and also during problematic communication content, suggesting the mediation of cognitive factors as postulated by Beck's cognitive model of depression.
Vanger
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Center for Psychotherapy Research, Stuttgart, Germany.
Summerfield
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AB
Rosen
B K
BK
Watson
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JP
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001143:Arousal; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D014705:Verbal Behavior