This study compared the attitudes and reactions of thirty preschool and thirty school-age children toward a child speaker with stuttering patterns. An introduction reviewed previous literature on defining stuttering, adults' and children's attitudes toward stuttering, and the stutterer's personality traits. The children of the study rated either a normal child speaker or a child speaker with stuttering patterns on a sociometric scale. In a giving task, the children were asked to choose one of the speakers. Statistical testing revealed that the school-age children had a more negative attitude toward and less social acceptance of the child speaker with stuttering patterns than the normal-speaking child. Implications for the speech-language pathologist in treating the child stutterer are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc503941 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Wells, Clare Denise |
| Contributors | Terrell, Sandra L., Henoch, Miriam A. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 101 leaves: ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Wells, Clare Denise, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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