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There are two major points that I would like to make in this chapter: first, that voice and speech cues are important yet neglected indicators of stress, and second, that stress should be studied within the general framework of a comprehensive theory of emotion. The order of these two points also reflects the development of research interests and theoretical inclinations in my research group during the past decade. Consequently, in addition to developing arguments for these points, I use the opportunity to describe a series of studies conducted in our laboratory. In doing so, I stress the historical development of this research, since it may illustrate how we came to hold the theoretical views that are presented in this chapter.
The research reported herein has been supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsygemeinschaft and has been conducted in collaboration with Günther Bergmann, Ilse Höfer, Reiner Standke, Frank Tolkmitt, and Harald Wallbott. Preparation of the chapter has been greatly facilitated by a resident fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (N.I.A.S.).
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Scherer, K.R. (1986). Voice, Stress, and Emotion. In: Appley, M.H., Trumbull, R. (eds) Dynamics of Stress. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5122-1_9
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