Various forms of psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, can influence how we speak. Therefore, clinicians assess speech and language behaviors of their patients. While it is difficult for humans to quantify speech behaviors precisely, acoustic descriptors, such as tenseness of voice and speech rate, can be quantified automatically. In this work, we identify previously unstudied acoustic ...

Results The Outcome Rating Scale (Miller et al., 2003) was adapted for the nature of the groups offered to each parent/carer to complete at the end of each session. The self-report data indicated high parent/carer satisfaction with feeling validated in the group, group content, presentation, and relevance. Additional qualitative data further indicated strong parent satisfaction, particularly re...

We investigated how hoarseness effects perceived hypernasality ratings in order to make a rating scale for hoarse voices. Thirty stimuli, of which 18 were target stimuli (three each for voices with and without hoarseness at three levels of hypernasality), and of which 12 were foil stimuli. These voices were listened to by four experienced speech pathologists. They were asked to rate hypernasali...

Those who have read Dr. Sheldon's earlier works, Varieties of Human Physique and Varieties of Human Temperament, will be acquainted with his general approach to psychological problems. He aims at discovering correlations between physical characteristics and psychological qualities?a sort of neoKretschmerism, but with the addition of a rating scale which makes it possible to describe that majori...

Statement A little of the time Some of the time A Good part of the time Most of the time 1. I feel down-hearted and blue 1 2 3 4 2. Morning is when I feel the best. 4 3 2 1 3. I have crying spells or feel like it. 1 2 3 4 4. I have trouble sleeping at night 1 2 3 4 5. I eat as much as I used to. 4 3 2 1 6. I still enjoy sex. 4 3 2 1 7. I notice that I am losing weight. 1 2 3 4 8. I have trouble...

the aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of conners rating scale in assessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) in primary school bos in different demographic areas of tehran city. the study consisted of an experimental group (n=36) comprising of subjects satisfying dsm-iii-r criteria for adha. these subjects were drawn from different psychiatric clinics. the norm...

A great number of investigations on person characterization rely on the assessment of the Big-Five personality traits, a prevalent and widely accepted model with strong psychological foundation. However, in the context on characterizing unfamiliar individuals from their voices only, it may be hard for assessors to determine the Big-Five traits based on their first impression. In this study, a 2...

We report on the current state and important older findings of empirical studies on corporate credit ratings and their relationship to ratings of other entities. Specifically, we consider the results of three lines of research: The correlation of credit ratings and corporate default, the influence of ratings on capital markets, and the determinants of credit ratings and rating changes. Results ...