A comparative investigation of the speech-associated attitude of preschool and kindergarten children who do and do not stutter

    Authors

    M. Vanryckeghem; G. J. Brutten;L. M. Hernandez

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Fluency Disord.

    Keywords

    KiddyCAT; stuttering; preschoolers; speech-associated attitude; child; who stutters; COMMUNICATION ATTITUDE; NONSTUTTERING CHILDREN; PARENTAL REPORT; AGREEMENT; INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMS; THERAPY; AWARENESS; ACCURACY; Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Education, Special; Linguistics; Rehabilitation

    Abstract

    The data of recent research studies have shown that by 3 years of age children show an awareness of dysfluency and that by at least the age of six, youngsters who stutter have a speech-associated attitude that is more negative than that of their peers. These findings led to the present study in which the KiddyCAT, a self-report measure, was used to compare the attitude toward speech of 45 children, between the age of three and six, who stuttered with that of 63 who did not. The data of this investigation showed that, as a group, the preschool and kindergarten children who stuttered had significantly more in the way of a negative attitude toward their speech than was found among their nonstuttering peers of the same age and gender. This finding is not consistent with the classically held position that the reactive aspects of stuttering do not generally develop until well after its onset. It suggests the need to measure, by standardized means, the speech-associated attitude of incipient stutterers and, when appropriate, to make the assessment and treatment of negative attitude toward speech a meaningful aspect of therapy.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Fluency Disorders

    Volume

    30

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    307

    Last Page

    318

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000234172200002

    ISSN

    0094-730X

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