Degree Date
4-2023
Document Type
Dissertation - Public Access
Degree Name
Psy.D. Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Academic Discipline
Clinical Psychology
First Advisor
Margaret S. Warner, PhD
Second Advisor
Emese Vitalis, PhD
Third Advisor
Jin Wu, PsyD
Abstract
Though computational linguistic analyses have revealed the presence of distinctly characteristic language features in schizophrenic disordered speech, the relative stability of these language features in longitudinal samples is still unknown. This longitudinal pilot study analyzed schizophrenic disordered speech data from the archival therapy audio recordings of one patient spanning 23 years. End-to-end Neural Coreference Resolution software was used to analyze transcribed speech data from three therapy sessions to identify ambiguous pronouns, referred to as referential failures, which were reviewed and confirmed by multiple raters. Speech samples were analyzed using Google Cloud Natural Language API software for sentiment variables (i.e., score, valence, and magnitude). Referential failures and sentiment variables were analyzed within each session and all sessions combined to study the relationships between these variables within single sessions and over a span of 23 years. Results and implications for this study are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Musich, Travis A., "Single-Case Pilot Study For Longitudinal Analysis Of Referential Failures And Sentiment In Schizophrenic Speech From Client-Centered Psychotherapy Recordings" (2023). Dissertations. 726.
https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/726
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