Modeling Linguistic (A)Synchrony: A Case Study of Therapist-Client Interaction

被引:5
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作者
Tay, Dennis [1 ]
Qiu, Han [1 ]
机构
[1] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept English & Commun, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
来源
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2022年 / 13卷
关键词
linguistic synchrony; synchrony measure; LIWC; cluster analysis; psychotherapy talk; SYNCHRONY; LANGUAGE; FORMULATIONS; WORDS;
D O I
10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903227
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Interpersonal synchrony is the alignment of responses between social interactants, and is linked to positive outcomes including cooperative behavior, affiliation, and compassion in different social contexts. Language is noted as a key aspect of interpersonal synchrony, but different strands of existing work on linguistic (a)synchrony tends to be methodologically polarized. We introduce a more complementary approach to model linguistic (a)synchrony that is applicable across different interactional contexts, using psychotherapy talk as a case study. We define linguistic synchrony as similarity between linguistic choices that reflect therapists and clients' socio-psychological stances. Our approach involves (i) computing linguistic variables per session, (ii) k-means cluster analysis to derive a global synchrony measure per dyad, and (iii) qualitative analysis of sample extracts from each dyad. This is demonstrated on sample dyads from psychoanalysis, cognitive-behavioral, and humanistic therapy. The resulting synchrony measures reflect the general philosophy of these therapy types, while further qualitative analyses reveal how (a)synchrony is contextually co-constructed. Our approach provides a systematic and replicable tool for research and self-reflection in psychotherapy and other types of purposive dialogic interaction, on more representative and limited datasets alike.
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