“The Sound of Fear”: Assessing vocal fundamental frequency as a physiological indicator of social anxiety disorder

Highlights ► We examined changes in vocal fundamental frequency (F0) due to social threat. ► Patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) and non-SAD controls were compared. ► Male SAD patients emitted greater F0 in comparison to controls across two studies. ► For females, the above relationship held...

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Published in:Journal of anxiety disorders 2012-12, Vol.26 (8), p.811-822
Main Authors: Weeks, Justin W, Lee, Chao-Yang, Reilly, Alison R, Howell, Ashley N, France, Christopher, Kowalsky, Jennifer M, Bush, Ashley
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - physiopathology
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Differentiation
Fear - physiology
Female
Fundamental frequency
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Phobia
Phobic Disorders - diagnosis
Phobic Disorders - physiopathology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social anxiety
Social anxiety disorder
Social phobia
Speech
Speech - physiology
Submissive gestures
Subtypes
Symptoms
Vocal acoustics
Voice - physiology
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Summary:Highlights ► We examined changes in vocal fundamental frequency (F0) due to social threat. ► Patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) and non-SAD controls were compared. ► Male SAD patients emitted greater F0 in comparison to controls across two studies. ► For females, the above relationship held only for SAD of the generalized subtype. ► Gender-specific thresholds for F0 were identified for classifying SAD patients.
ISSN:0887-6185
1873-7897
DOI:10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.07.005