Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:
This study was designed to test the hypothesis that the expressed problems of adolescent stutterers are not significantly different from the expressed problems of adolescent non-stutterers.
It was postulated also that published problem inventories developed for the general population may be inadequate for research with atypical groups. The individual with a stuttering handicap may have the usual kinds of problems tapped by various problem inventories. In addition, he may have unique kinds of problems associated with the stuttering handicap.
RESEARCH PROCEDURES:
A thorough research of the literature indicated that no problem inventory had been developed from research with stutterers. Hence, it was necessary to develop a problem inventory as part of this study.
Thirty-six secondary-school stutterers and 164 secondary-school non-stutterers were asked to express their problems in ten areas: 1) My Personality; 2) My Speech; 3) My School Life; 4) My Personal Appearance; 5) My Home and Family; 6) My Abilities and Talents; 7) My Future; 8) My Friends; 9) Other People; and 10) Other Things I Want to Write About.
Content analysis of the compositions in which they told of their problems resulted in the construction of a problem inventory containing 220 problem items [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/35414 |
| Date | January 1964 |
| Creators | Emery, Richard M. |
| Publisher | Boston University |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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