Behavioral and social competency profiles of stutterers

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the behavioral and social competency profiles of individuals who stutter and to compare them with persons who do not stutter, according to their parents; to correlate the behavioral and the social competence performances with the severity of stuttering. METHODS: Sixty-four participants, aged 6 to 18 years, of both genders, were divided into two groups: the study group (SG), composed of 32 individuals with persistent developmental stuttering, and the control group (CG), composed of 32 fluent individuals. The procedures used were fluency assessment, stuttering severity instrument, and the Child Behavior Checklist inventory. RESULTS: In the behavioral profile of the SG, the mean of the total score and that of the internalizing problems were classified as clinical. The comparison between the groups showed differences in the behavioral profile concerning the total score, and in the internalizing and externalizing problems; and in the social profile, concerning the total score and activity scale. There were no statistically significant differences in the scales among the mild, moderate, and severe stuttering. CONCLUSION: According to the information provided by parents, children who stutter showed peculiar behavior and social competence, with a higher tendency to manifest alterations in this area, in comparison to those who do not stutter. Fear, nervousness/tension, guilt, anxiety, perfectionism, and worry were the most frequent alterations in relation to the behavior, whereas damages in the social field and in the habitual communication situations characterized the social competence of persons who stutter.

Fluência e compreensão da leitura em escolares com e sem gagueira

“…Tendo em vista os resultados obtidos, os dados indicaram que os escolares que gaguejam, ademais de todos os impactos na comunicação e na participação nas atividades de vida diária e em contextos sociais (1,6,7) comumente apresentam impactos nas áreas educacionais (30) , como por exemplo na compreensão de leitura.…”

“…Portanto, eles podem deixar de falar ou diminuir sua participação em contextos sociais (6) . Outros pesquisadores também relataram que prejuízos no domínio social e nas situações comunicacionais rotineiras caracterizaram a competência social dos indivíduos com gagueira (7) .…”

Parental attitudes in children with persistent developmental stuttering: a case-control study

“…The questionnaire was divided into five factors for conceptual validity and in these subscales a defined median of r was detected as .81. Mean ± SD/Percentage Age 1 10.5 ± 3.5 11.0 ± 3.6 t = .39, df = 44, p = 0.69 Gender 2 18 (75%, male) 12 ( 54.5%, male) x 2 = 2.1, df = 1, p = 0.12 Maternal education 1 9.1 ± 3.3 11.9 ± 4.1 t = 2.51, df = 44, p = 0.01 Paternal education 1 10. . The responses are given on a four-point scale, ranging from 'I find it not appropriate at all' to 'I find it quite appropriate' , and the total score equals the sum of he 60-items.…”

“…Developmental stuttering (DS) is a speech disorder with different manifestations, mainly characterized by involuntary repetitions of syllables, blocks, and prolongations, as well as physiological, behavioral, and emotional reactions to the speech disruptions 1,2 . The onset of DS typically occurs between 2 and 4 years of age 3 .…”

Comorbid Psychiatric Symptoms in Childhood Stutterers: An Egyptian Sample

“…Stutterers usually react to their disfluency by denial, guilt, shame, anxiety, depression, and anger. Their parents reported that they typically have behavioral problems with them and with school peers [14] . Anxiety in stutterers may increase over time till it became more evident in adolescents.…”