Naslov
Attitudes Towards Stuttering:a Preliminary Study on the Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs about Stuttering Questionnaire in Croatia

Autori
Klarin, Ena ; Leko Krhen, Ana ; Jelčić Jakšić, Suzana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
BOOK OF ABSTRACTS ; The 9th International Conference of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia, 17 – 19 May, 2017 / Sekušak Galešev, S. - Zagreb : Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2017, 113-113

ISBN
978-953-6418-87-9

Skup
The 9th International Conference of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 17.05.2017. - 19.05.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Stuttering, Social anxiety ; Adults who stutter ; Attitudes ; Beliefs

Sažetak
Along with disrupted speech fluency, people who stutter often develop a fear of speaking or fear of social situations that may lead to the emergence of social anxiety disorder. This was a subject of numerous studies during last decades and specific questionnaires had been developed to assess relationship between stuttering and anxiety. Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering questionnaire (UTBAS, St Clare et al. 2009) was developed recently and have been applied since to evaluate the frequency and belief in thoughts about stuttering and the degree of anxiety induced by such thoughts. The aim of our preliminary study was to test Croatian translation of UTBAS (UTBAS-C) on people who stutter and those who do not stutter and to determine whether there is a statistically significant difference between these two groups, or whether people who stutter are more socially anxious than people who do not stutter. Participants were 16 adults who stutter and 16 normally fluent controls, aged 18-40 years. All data were analyzed with nonparametric statistical methods. The results showed statistically significant difference between adults who stutter and those who do not stutter. People who stutter have proven to be significantly more anxious than normally fluent adults. The results of our preliminary study are not unexpected and are consistent with most of those previously done on relationship between stuttering and anxiety. However, as there is a lack of specific instruments in Croatian language that can be used in diagnosing adults who stutter, especially their attitudes and beliefs, our translation of and further research on Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering questionnaire should help to fill that absence. This study should also alert clinicians working with adults who stutter of the importance and influence of attitudes and beliefs on therapy outcome.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijske znanosti, Logopedija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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