Vocal behavior in the dyadic interactions of preadolescent and early adolescent friends and acquaintances

Adolescence,  Fall, 2002  by Stanley Feldstein,  Tiffany Field

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Table 1

Means and Standard Deviations of the Speaking-Turn and Vocal-State
Frequencies that Comprise Vocal Behavior

                   T       V       P      SP    NSS    ISS

MALE
SAME GENDER

 Friends
   M             92.11  178.94   86.83  45.39  26.22  21.50
   SD            15.68   56.06   54.38  14.92  14.53  11.09
 Acquaintances
   M            103.45  180.41   76.95  44.14  52.86  36.09
   SD            30.20   51.89   36.97  19.53  54.78  22.03

MIXED GENDER

 Friends
   M            107.75  169.13   61.38  44.63  40.38  37.63
   SD            27.37   29.17   34.06   8.37  21.56  23.13
 Acquaintances
   M             88.75  145.25   56.50  46.13  29.50  24.75
   SD            20.84   53.60   42.50  18.16  31.18  19.48

FEMALE
SAME GENDER

 Friends
   M             89.33  174.42   84.70  34.08  74.29  32.46
   SD            43.28   77.85   54.30  23.89  77.16  16.99
 Acquaintances
   M             77.50  165.61   88.11  36.56  25.56  19.78
   SD            26.29   55.07   54.49  10.69  21.54  17.56

MIXED GENDER

 Friends
   M            107.75  193.25   85.50  49.13  39.88  31.88
   SD            27.47   39.83   26.84  12.37  23.81  18.73
 Acquaintances
   M             88.63  188.63  100.00  44.38  31.25  23.63
   SD            20.79   56.81   54.87  19.17  32.84  20.85

Note. T = Speaking Turns

V = Vocalizations

P = Pauses

SP = Switching Pauses

ISS = Interruptive Simultaneous Speech

NSS = Noninterruptive Simultaneous Speech.

Table 2

Means and Standard Deviations of the Speaking-Turn and Vocal-State
Durations that Comprise Vocal Behavior

                    T      V     P     SP    NSS   ISS

MALE
SAME GENDER

   Friends
     M            3.176  1.057  .640  .819   .661  .385
     SD           1.274   .472  .218  .329  1.078  .081
   Acquaintances
     M            3.090  1.264  .653  .693   .470  .468
     SD           1.142   .412  .184  .171   .155  .214

MIXED GENDER

   Friends
     M            2.682  1.117  .682  .673   .404  .377
     SD           1.391   .207  .230  .263   .102  .067
   Acquaintances
     M            2.484  1.007  .706  .774   .469  .456
     SD            .722   .445  .233  .249   .123  .226

FEMALE
SAME GENDER

   Friends
     M            4.887  1.601  .610  .784   .571  .651
     SD           5.585  1.772  .294  .586   .352  .405
   Acquaintances
     M            4.221  1.185  .607  .749   .353  .336
     SD           3.343   .429  .157  .252   .084  .079

MIXED GENDER

   Friends
     M            3.094  1.174  .630  .721   .404  .413
     SD            .938   .326  .206  .205   .073  .088
   Acquaintances
     M            3.740  1.177  .659  .749   .384  .406
     SD           1.374   .406  .139  .167   .143  .202

Note. The average durations are in seconds. T = Speaking Turns; V =
Vocalizations; P = Pauses; SP = Switching Pauses; ISS = Interruptive
Simultaneous Speech; NSS = Noninterruptive Simultaneous Speech.

Table 3

Means and Standard Deviations of the Rs that Index the Coordination of
Each Partner's Temporal Behavior with the Prior Temporal Behavior of the
Other Partner

                 T     V     P     SP    NSS   ISS

MALE
SAME GENDER

 Friends
   M            .216  .117  .150  .150  .142  .188
   SD           .138  .047  .085  .057  .087  .109
 Acquaintances
   M            .167  .109  .108  .105  .133  .123
   SD           .142  .059  .066  .048  .082  .068

MIXED GENDER

 Friends
   M            .220  .144  .094  .170  .138  .118
   SD           .172  .059  .035  .064  .037  .037
 Acquaintances
   M            .264  .113  .092  .128  .140  .158
   SD           .261  .066  .031  .058  .081  .059

FEMALE
SAME GENDER

 Friends
   M            .146  .108  .150  .122  .173  .142
   SD           .138  .047  .106  .100  .109  .117
 Acquaintances
   M            .240  .130  .168  .142  .133  .108
   SD           .145  .054  .129  .071  .087  .047

MIXED GENDER

 Friends
   M            .124  .119  .146  .118  .105  .123
   SD           .123  .034  .058  .060  .053  .052
 Acquaintances
   M            .296  .139  .160  .126  .126  .140
   SD           .241  .049  .082  .102  .081  .056

Note. See Table 1 for definitions of the state symbols. The n for the
current coefficients is 56.

Table 4

Summary of Meta-Analyses of the Coefficients of Coordination for Friends
and Acquaintances

                     V      P        SP       ISS      NSS

Friends
  Partner A
      R              .34    .37      .34      .38      .39
     [chi square]  31.61  95.11 *  43.73 *  82.83 *  76.85 *
  Partner B
      R              .33    .37      .38      .38      .36
     [chi square]  34.88  52.57    96.87 *  79.84 *  82.92 *

Acquaintances
  Partner A
      R              .34    .36      .34      .34      .35
     [chi square]  30.28  66.05 *  27.75    29.41    55.47 *
  Partner B
      R              .34    .35      .35      .36      .36
     [chi square]  32.43  77.53 *  49.28 *  53.79 *  59.70 *

Note. The chi-squares index the significance of the CIT associated with
the groups of friends and acquaintances. The Rs index the strength of
the coordination.

* P < .05