A comparative investigation of the speech-associated attitude of preschool and kindergarten children who do and do not stutter

Early stuttering, temperament and anxiety: Two hypotheses

“…The Preschool Anxiety Scale (Spence & Rapee, 1999), which measures specific anxiety types and an overall anxiety score was administered to participant's parents. Participants completed the KiddyCAT (Vanryckeghem & Brutten, 2002) to determine their attitudes to communication. Additionally, participants provided saliva samples to measure their cortisol levels, a stress hormone which indicates an individual's anxiety levels in various situations.…”

“…Conversely, using a large sample of 45 stuttering children, aged 3-6 years and 63 age-matched controls, Vanryckeghem, Brutten, and Hernandez (2005) measured participant's responses to the KiddyCAT (Vanryckeghem & Brutten, 2002). Stuttering children had more negative attitudes toward their speech than controls.…”

Attitudes toward stuttering of nonstuttering preschool and kindergarten children: A comparison using a standard instrument prototype

“…However, there is growing evidence that awareness of and negative attitudes toward stuttering may begin at a young age (Clark, Conture, Frankel, & Walden, 2012;Langevin, in press;Vanryckeghem, Brutten, & Hernandez, 2005). In order to more clearly elucidate the origin and development of negative stuttering attitudes, young children are of particular interest in continued epidemiological investigations.…”

“…An expansive literature has consistently shown that the communication attitudes of children who stutter are significantly worse than children who do not stutter in evaluating their own speaking difficulties, with little apparent effect of children's sex or culture (e.g., Bajaj, Hodson, & Westby, 2005;Bernardini, Vanryckeghem, Brutten, Coceo, & Zmarich, 2009;De Nil & Brutten, 1991;Gačnik & Vanryckeghem, 2014;Kawai, Healey, Nagasawa, & Vanryckeghem, 2012;Vanryckeghem & Brutten, 1997). In fact, such attitudinal differences have been shown to occur in children as early as the preschool years (Clark et al, 2012;Vanryckeghem et al, 2005). Using the Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children who Stutter (KiddyCAT) (Vanryckeghem & Brutten, 2007), Clark et al (2012) showed that stuttering children reported greater speech difficulty when compared to nonstuttering children.…”

Implementation of Wright and Ayre Stuttering Self-Rating Profile in the Saudi Subjects Who Stutters

“…Till date, lot of research has been carried out in evaluating public attitudes toward stuttering has been conducted in adults, wherein the etiology of such attitudes remains uncertain due to myriad environmental influences from years of diverse experiences. However, there is growing evidence that awareness of and negative attitudes toward stuttering may begin at a young age [9][10][11].…”