Abstract
This study explains the development of 10-item scale for evaluation, named the a Voice Quality Scale for Emotion Evaluation (VQSEE). In the pilot study, adjectives to describe vocal quality in emotional expression were collected and 25 words were chosen. In Study one, participants (n=72) imagined impression of vocal expressions (voice quality) in 10 emotions (surprise, excitement, joy, content, relax, sleep, sadness, cold anger, hot anger, and fear), and evaluated each. Consequently, A factor analysis suggested three factors (warmth, intenseness and dullness). In Study two, a listening expriment for the purpose of confirming the facter structures was conducted.
Participants (n=22) evaluated the scale after listening to a male and a female voice expressing ten emotions; The result confirmed the result of Study One.
