Mapping schizophrenic negative symptoms onto measures of the patient's speech: set correlational analysis

We describe a system designed to assess the speech behaviors that inform clinicians about their patients' negative symptoms. Measures are formed into scales to reflect the patient's Pausing, Speech Rate, and Dyadic Interaction with the interviewer. Using set correlation, we examined the associations between the acoustic scales and the clinician's ratings of Flat Affect, Alogia, and Asociality. Over half of the multivariance in the clinical scales was accounted for by the acoustic scales. Unique isomorphisms between the acoustic and rating scales were found for: Dyadic Interaction with Flat Affect; Pause Production with Alogia; and Rate with Asociality.