arXiv:2609.02606cs.CL2026-09

通过语音与语言分析,识别老年人孤独感的细微表现。

Predictors of Loneliness in Older Adults Using Multimodal Analysis of Speech and Language

  • 融合语言与声学特征,构建多模态分析框架。
  • 多模态模型相关性达0.298,优于单一模态。
  • 适合心理健康研究者与老年照护技术开发者。

孤独感是老年人群中的重大公共健康问题,与抑郁、认知衰退及死亡风险升高密切相关。目前在自然对话场景中,可扩展且客观的检测方法仍较匮乏。本研究基于310名老年人的半结构化电话访谈,分析其言语与语言特征,探讨孤独感的认知过程及其语言表现差异。采用多模态框架,结合心理语言学词典、n-gram、主题模型等语言特征,以及音高、语调、音量等声学特征,探究其与自评孤独感量表得分的关联。结果发现,孤独感较高者更多使用否定词(r=0.11)、负面情绪表达(r=0.12)和冲突相关语言;孤独感较低者则更频繁提及社交关系(r=-0.18)、动机性词汇(r=-0.11)及情感丰富内容(r=-0.12)。多模态模型相关性为0.298,显著优于仅文本或仅音频模型。结果表明,孤独感可通过语言与声学线索共同体现,支持语音分析在心理评估中的潜力,作为现有工具的补充,用于早期识别情绪性孤独,而非独立诊断。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Loneliness is a critical public health issue among older adults, linked to higher risks of depression, cognitive decline, and mortality. Scalable, objective methods for its detection remain limited, particularly in natural conversational contexts. We analyzed speech and language markers of loneliness in 310 older adults using semi-structured telephone interviews to help understand how they process feeling lonely and how their language differs at different levels of feeling loneliness. Our multimodal framework combined linguistic features (psycholinguistic dictionaries, n-grams, and topic models) with acoustic features (pitch, tone, loudness) to examine associations with self-reported loneliness scores. Both predefined and data-driven methods captured patterns in verbal content and vocal delivery. Higher loneliness was associated with negations(r = 0.11), negative tone(r = 0.12), and conflict-related language. Lower loneliness was linked to social references(r = -0.18), motivational drives(r = -0.11), and emotional richness in speech(r = -0.12). We also found that the multimodal model (r = 0.298) outperforms the text-only and audio-only models. Findings suggest that loneliness manifests through both linguistic and acoustic cues, supporting the potential of speech-based analysis in psychological assessments and as an early indicator of emotional loneliness when used alongside existing assessments, rather than as standalone diagnostic tools.

孤独感语音分析多模态老年健康

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