Title

A Comparative Investigation Of The Speech-Associated Coping Responses Reported By Adults Who Do And Do Not Stutter

Keywords

Accessory behaviors; Behavior Checklist; Coping responses; Secondary behaviors; Speech-associated behaviors

Abstract

The Behavior Checklist, a self-report test procedure, was administered to 42 adults who stutter and 76 who do not in order to investigate the number, frequency of usage, type and nature of the responses that they reportedly employ to cope with the anticipation and/or presence of speech disruption. As a group, the participants who stutter reported a significantly greater number of speech-associated coping responses and a greater use of them than their nonstuttering peers did. Moreover, factor analysis made apparent fundamental between-group differences in the type and nature of certain forms of the coping responses reported by those who stutter and those who do not. This suggests that the quantitative and qualitative differences in the coping responses of those who do and do not stutter are potentially useful with respect to differential diagnostic and therapeutic decision making. (1) The reader will be able to describe differences in the number, frequency and types of coping behaviors used by PWS and PWNS. (2) The reader will be able to list similarities and differences in the type and nature of coping behaviors used by PWS and PWNS. (3) The reader will be able to discuss the features and use of the Behavior Checklist, a self-report procedure for assessing the responses used by adults to cope with the anticipation and occurrence of speech disruption. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

10-22-2004

Publication Title

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volume

29

Issue

3

Number of Pages

237-250

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2004.07.001

Socpus ID

5344230663 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/5344230663

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