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PubMed1976

Verbal behavior of interviewees: the effects of several situational variables on verbal productivity, disfluency, and lexical diversity.

Interviewer status (high vs. low) and anticipated evaluation (positive vs. negative) were manipulated orthogonally to test competing predictions derived from Hull-Spence and Mahl-Osgoood drive theory hypotheses. The effects of question specificity, interview topic, and interview segment were examined concomitantly. Verbal behavior measures were total words per interviewee response, mean segmental TTR (25), partial mean segmental TTR (25), and ratio of disfluency per response. Results for disfluency tended to support the Mahl-Osgood hypothesis. Lexical diversity results offered weak support for the Hull-Spence hypothesis. Results for verbal productivity failed to support either of the hypotheses and were interpreted as possibly supporting the Duffy-Malmo inverted U hypothesis. Generally, the results suggested that the unitary construct "drive" may be inadequate for explaining the effects of specific situational variables upon verbal behavior.

Anxiety↗
PubMed1979

Analyses of changes in verbal behavior following a cognitive-behavioral treatment for impulsivity.

Analyses were conducted to examine further the results of a cognitive-behavioral treatment for impulsivity in emotionally disturbed children (Kendall & Finch, 1978). The verbal behaviors of treated impulsive children, impulsive controls, and reflective children, recorded during MFF performance at pretreatment, posttreatment, and follow-up, were examined. The results indicated nonsignificant effects for several specific codes; however, the impulsive children that had received treatment evidenced a significant increase in total on-task verbal behavior at posttreatment. Discussion includes a consideration of these findings in regard to the efficacy of the cognitive-behavioral treatment and the need for research on the assessment of cognitive variables in children.

Behavior Therapy↗
PubMed1975

Adolescent verbal behavior. An investigation of noncontent styles as related to race and delinquency status.

This investigation assessed the relationship of race and delinquent status with the noncontent verbal behavior of adolescent males. A standardized videotape interview was used to ensure consistent stimulus presentation. Sixteen white and sixteen black delinquents were compared with equal numbers of nondelinquents on the noncontent verbal measures of total time (performance time), units (frequency), and latency. It was predicted that nondelinquents would be more verbal than delinquents and whites would be more verbal than blacks. No racial differences were found. Delinquents, however, were found to talk significantly less than nondelinquents and to have significantly longer verbal latencies. Discussion of these results centered on the verbal demand characteristics of certain settings, such as classrooms and court hearings.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Effects of antidepressive program on verbal behavior.

At time of admission 50 hospitalized male patients assigned to one of two groups judged as depressed and nondepressed completed one form of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL). Depressed patients were placed in a highly specific treatment regime: Antidepressive program (adp), which required display of assertive behavior for termination of treatment. After removal from the program ADP patients received an alternate form of the DACL, and 2 weeks postadmission all patients completed a third form of testing. Significant decrease in number of dysphoric mood items selected posttreatment was found for the ADP group as compared with nondepressed patients. Lower depression scores were obtained after ADP across the period studied. Length of time in ADP was related negatively to initial depression scores. Results are interpreted in terms of reinforcement contingencies that sustain depressive verbal behavior.

Adjustment Disorders↗
PubMed1992

The measurement of quality of life through the content analysis of verbal behavior.

The 'quality of life' is a construct which many researchers are attempting to measure by means of self-rating procedures and by ratings from external observers. Another method of measuring this construct includes features of both the self-report method and the external observer rating method, and by doing so it minimizes some of the measurement errors inherent in the separate methods; this third method involves the content analysis of verbal behavior. This latter method preserves the reliability and validity of the scales that have been developed and tested for content analysis, while preserving the meanings intended by the subjects who are being assessed on this dimension, which meanings are often obscured or lost through self-report and ratings scales. A group of Content Scales especially applicable to assess the quality of life are reviewed and examples of their applicability are given. A discussion is provided dealing with special problems involving the assessment of this dimension, including cross-cultural issues and other factors that need consideration with respect to generalizability of the findings.

Communication↗
PubMed1978

Verbal behavior.

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Cleft Palate↗
PubMed1978

Reinforcing effects of prerecorded words and delayed speech feedback on the verbal behavior of a neologistic schizophrenic.

The possibility of using prerecorded words and 2-sec. delayed speech feedback as reinforcement in the reconditioning of intelligible verbal responses in a chronic, neologistic schizophrenic patient was investigated. A test situation was devised which involved daily presentation of 100 stimulus word-picture cards to elicit verbal responses. The results indicated that both singly presented prerecorded words and delayed speech feedback apparently strengthened correct and intelligible verbal responding.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

[The connection between videoanalytic regular measurements of non-verbal behavior and self-assessed mood].

13 manic-depressive patients were examined during a symptom-free interval while under treatment with lithium, and again after a 6-week placebo period. The results are based on a behavioral analysis of video-taped interviews as well as a self-rating of mood with a multidimensional questionnaire (Hecheltjen & Mertesdorf, MSF). This questionnaire was presented on the day of the interviews. The following parameters were examined: 1. Duration of speech activity, 2. Frequency of hand movements accompanying speech, 3. Frequency of discrete body touchings. In order to clarify the interdependency of these behavioral parameters and to obtain an external validation against mood measures we investigated how far these values change when comparing the two examinations. Significant relationships were found between: a) the relative duration of speech activity and the relative frequency of hand movements accompanying speech, b) these two parameters and the mood dimensions "social affection" and "relaxation", whereas the 5% level and barely missed for "activity" and "good mood". A tendency was noted towards a negative relationship with the dimension "anxiety". No connection could be established for the dimensions "fatigue", "depression", "boredom", "anger", "lightheartedness" and "nervousness". The category of discrete body touchings did not show a relation with either of the other behavioral parameters or with the mood dimensions. Finally, we might point out the low sensitivity of the conventional scales for the course evaluation of depression, and the advantage of the behavioral procedure which is sensitive even in the subclinical range. Moreover, the latter approach has a theoretical impact on the fundamental question of the physiological basis of manic-depressive illness.

Affect↗