Beyond Words: Speech Coordination Linked to Personality and Appraisals.

We studied how personality differences and conversation topics predict interpersonal speech coordination, leading/following dynamics, and nonverbal interactional dominance in dyadic conversations. In a laboratory, 100 undergraduate students (50 same-gender dyads) had a 15-min conversation following...

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Published in:Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 85 - 124
Main Authors: Arellano-Véliz, Nicol A., Castillo, Ramón D., Jeronimus, Bertus F., Kunnen, E. Saskia, Cox, Ralf F. A.
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Published: Springer Nature Mar2025
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          Kunnen, E. Saskia
          Cox, Ralf F. A.
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          https://ror.org/012p63287 Department of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
          https://ror.org/01s4gpq44 Laboratory of Cognitive Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Talca, Talca, Chile
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        Conversation
        Undergraduates
        Nonverbal communication
        Personality
        Interpersonal relations
        Time series analysis
        Physiological aspects of speech
        Cerebral dominance
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          Conversation
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          Interpersonal relations
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        Dyadic interactions
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      ab: We studied how personality differences and conversation topics predict interpersonal speech coordination, leading/following dynamics, and nonverbal interactional dominance in dyadic conversations. In a laboratory, 100 undergraduate students (50 same-gender dyads) had a 15-min conversation following three topics (introduction/self-disclosure/argumentation). Their speech coordination and turn-taking (speech/silence) dynamics were assessed through nonlinear time-series analyses: Cross-Recurrence Quantification Analysis (CRQA), Diagonal Cross-Recurrence Profiles (DCRP), and Anisotropic-CRQA. From the time series, we extracted five variables to operationalize speech coordination (global and at lag-zero), leading-following dynamics, and asymmetries in the interacting partners' nonverbal interactional dominance. Interaction appraisals were also assessed. Associations between personality traits Extraversion/Agreeableness, speech coordination, and nonverbal interactional dominance were tested using mixed-effects models. Speech coordination and nonverbal interactional dominance differed across conversational topics and peaked during argumentative conversations. Extraversion was associated with increased speech coordination, and nonverbal interactional dominance, especially during the argumentative conversation. During a self-disclosure conversation, Extraversion concordance was associated with more symmetry in turn-taking dynamics. Speech coordination was generally associated with positive post-conversational appraisals such as wanting to meet in the future or liking the conversation partner, especially in extroverted individuals, whereas introverts seemed to value less swift dynamics. High Agreeableness predicted less speech coordination during argumentative conversations, and increased speech coordination (at lag-zero) predicted reduced perceived naturality in agreeable individuals. This may suggest a trade-off between maintaining swift speech dynamics and the natural flow of conversation for individuals high in Agreeableness.
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