Effects of stuttering severity and therapy involvement on role entrapment of people who stutter

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

“…In the ubiquitous stuttering literature, the term public attitudes 1 refer to the inaccurate, insensitive, or otherwise unhelpful beliefs, reactions, perceptions, opinions, values, and related constructs that have been documented in various populations including: educators (Abdalla & St. Louis, 2012;Crowe & Walton, 1981;Ruscello, Lass, Schmitt, & Pannbacker, 1994), speech-language pathologists (Cooper & Cooper, 1996;Lass, Ruscello, Pannbacker, Schmitt, & Everly-Myers, 1989), college students (Betz, Blood, & Blood, 2008;Dorsey & Guenther, 2000;Hughes, 2008;Hughes, Gabel, Roseman, & Daniels, in press;St. Louis & Lass, 1981), employers (Gabel, Blood, Tellis, & Althouse, 2004;Gabel, Hughes, & Daniels, 2008;Hurst & Cooper, 1983a;Hurst & Cooper, 1983b;Irani, Gabel, Hughes, Swartz, & Palasik, 2009), and family units (Özdemir, St. Louis, & Topbaş , 2011b). This body of work has consistently confirmed the existence of a negative "stuttering stereotype" (Woods & Williams, 1976), which pervades cultures and populations worldwide.…”

Me, My Stuttering, and Them! Effect of Self-Disclosure of Stuttering on Listener Perception

“…18 One study presented a comprehensive review of studies of attitudes toward male and female AWS from the perspectives of the sex of the speaker and the observer, in which earlier studies 19,20 revealed no difference in attitudes of listeners toward male and female stutterers. 21 However, later research reported less negative attitudes for adult women than men. 22 Some studies 23,24 inspected individual items in the questionnaire and found that for some items men had more positive perceptions of those who stutter than women, but the reverse was observed for other items.…”

Beliefs of teachers versus non-teachers about people who stutter

“…Although both reactions, internal and external to the child, may reduce quality of life (Yaruss, 2010;Yaruss & Quesal, 2004), the focus of this study is on an external component, beliefs held by others about people who stutter (PWS). Inaccurate beliefs about PWS are important because they may result in experiences of discrimination and role entrapment (Gabel, Hughes, & Daniels, 2008;Klein & Hood, 2004).…”