Table 6.
Results of multilevel models examining interactions among acoustic properties, speaker familiarity, and children’s perceptions of emotional intensity based on the rated emotion.
Model 3 |
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b (SE) | p | |
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Angry | ||
Fixed effects | ||
Intercept | 1.960 (0.046) | |
F0 mean | −0.004 (0.001) | <.001 |
F0 SD | 0.001 (0.001) | .524 |
Speech rate | 0.151 (0.038) | <.001 |
Speaker | −0.103 (0.046) | .025 |
Random effects | ||
Intercept | 0.232 (1.12) | − |
Happy | ||
Fixed effects | ||
Intercept | 1.861 (0.045) | |
F0 mean | 0.007 (0.000) | <.001 |
F0 SD | 0.008 (0.001) | <.001 |
Speech rate | 0.049 (0.029) | .092 |
Speaker | −0.083 (0.034) | .016 |
Random effects | ||
Intercept | 0.272 (0.840) | − |
Sad | ||
Fixed effects | ||
Intercept | 1.848 (0.045) | |
F0 mean | −0.001 (0.001) | .020 |
F0 SD | −0.012 (0.001) | <.001 |
Speech rate | −0.196 (0.030) | <.001 |
Speaker | 0.070 (0.036) | .054 |
Random effects | ||
Intercept | 0.263 (0.885) | − |
Note. Bold values are significant. F0, fundamental frequency; SD, standard deviation.