for diploma thesis: Possible Relationship between Other-Rated and Self-Rated Vocal Quality in Body-Image concept Petra Stolařová The aim of this study was to investigate whether it is possible to consider voice as a part of Body-Image concept. We examined the perception of one's own voice and its affect on individual's personality and behavior. In addition, we decided to examine this fact in two culturally different samples - Czech and Brazilian. We collected comparable vocal recordings in both cultures - two recordings of singing and two recordings of speech, we also collected questionnaire data regarding perception of one's own voice and singing, scores of seciosexuality and additionaly in the Czech sample we collected self-reported self-esteem. Subsequently, we collected attractiveness ratings of these vocal recordings by independent raters within the two chosen cultures. Using statistical methods, we found that the rated and self-rated voice quality (both speech and singing) partially correlated, but these correlations differed in relation to gender, and population. The Czech sample revealed that neither self-rated nor other-rated quality of voice had affect on self-esteem. Also, it appears that self-rated quality of singing has an impact on sociosexuality in Czech women and Brazilian men,...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:326652 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Stolařová, Petra |
| Contributors | Varella Valentova, Jaroslava, Šebesta, Pavel |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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