A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey
Background and objectives: Extensive research documents ubiquitous negative attitudes towards stuttering, but when and how they develop is unclear. This non-experimental, comparative study examined US and Turkish preschoolers to explore the origin of stuttering attitudes cross-culturally. Method: T...
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| author | Mary E. Weidner Kenneth O. St. Louis Egemen Nakisci Ramazan S. Ozdemir |
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| description | Background and objectives: Extensive research documents ubiquitous negative attitudes towards stuttering, but when and how they develop is unclear. This non-experimental, comparative study examined US and Turkish preschoolers to explore the origin of stuttering attitudes cross-culturally.
Method: The authors compared stuttering attitudes of 28 US and 31 Turkish non-stuttering preschoolers on English and Turkish versions of experimental prototypes of the newly developed Public Opinion Survey on Human Attributes–Stuttering/Child (POSHA–S/Child). Children first watched a short video of two stuttering avatar characters and then answered oral questions about stuttering. Parents completed a demographic questionnaire. Differences in the US and Turkish POSHA–S/Child means were calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test.
Results: Attitudes of the US and Turkish children were remarkably similar. Children rated most of the items negatively but also rated some items as neutral or positive. They held relatively more negative attitudes towards traits and personalities of children who stutter yet relatively more positive attitudes towards stuttering children’s potential.
Conclusion: Stuttering attitudes in children appear to be partly independent of culture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6e037ef238c4ece824e54b0d526376b2022-12-22T02:38:09ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders0379-80462225-47652017-04-01641e1e1110.4102/sajcd.v64i1.178454A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and TurkeyMary E. Weidner0Kenneth O. St. Louis1Egemen Nakisci2Ramazan S. Ozdemir3Department of Communication Disorders, Marshall UniversityDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, West Virginia UniversityPrivate PracticeDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy, Istanbul Medipol UniversityBackground and objectives: Extensive research documents ubiquitous negative attitudes towards stuttering, but when and how they develop is unclear. This non-experimental, comparative study examined US and Turkish preschoolers to explore the origin of stuttering attitudes cross-culturally. Method: The authors compared stuttering attitudes of 28 US and 31 Turkish non-stuttering preschoolers on English and Turkish versions of experimental prototypes of the newly developed Public Opinion Survey on Human Attributes–Stuttering/Child (POSHA–S/Child). Children first watched a short video of two stuttering avatar characters and then answered oral questions about stuttering. Parents completed a demographic questionnaire. Differences in the US and Turkish POSHA–S/Child means were calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test. Results: Attitudes of the US and Turkish children were remarkably similar. Children rated most of the items negatively but also rated some items as neutral or positive. They held relatively more negative attitudes towards traits and personalities of children who stutter yet relatively more positive attitudes towards stuttering children’s potential. Conclusion: Stuttering attitudes in children appear to be partly independent of culture.https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/178StutteringAttitudesChildrenTurkeyUSA |
| spellingShingle | Mary E. Weidner Kenneth O. St. Louis Egemen Nakisci Ramazan S. Ozdemir A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey South African Journal of Communication Disorders Stuttering Attitudes Children Turkey USA |
| title | A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey |
| title_full | A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey |
| title_fullStr | A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey |
| title_short | A comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non-stuttering preschoolers in the United States and Turkey |
| title_sort | comparison of attitudes towards stuttering of non stuttering preschoolers in the united states and turkey |
| topic | Stuttering Attitudes Children Turkey USA |
| url | https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/178 |
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