Impact of stuttering on perception of occupational competence

The attitudes, knowledge and beliefs of Arab parents in Kuwait about stuttering

“…Research has shown that these negative beliefs and stereotypes are held by the general public (Ham, 1990;St. Louis, 2005), teachers (Crowe & Walton, 1981;Yeakle & Cooper, 1986), and college students (Ruscello, Lass, & Brown, 1988;Silverman & Paynter, 1990). Health professionals, including SLPs and SLP students, have also been found to hold negative stereotypes of stuttering and PWS, which include the belief that PWS are generally quiet, reticent, guarded, avoiding, introverted, passive, self-derogatory, anxious, tense, nervous, and afraid Cooper & Cooper, 1996;Leahy, 1994;Silverman and Bongey, 1997;Snyder, 2001;St.…”

Measuring role entrapment of people who stutter

“…No definition of stuttering was given because of a lack of an accepted standard definition (Guitar, 1998;Silverman, 1996). Therefore, participants were allowed to use their own internal definition of a person who stutters, as has been done in other studies of attitudes towards people who stutter (Ruscello et al, 1988;Silverman & Bongey, 1997;Silverman & Paynter, 1990;Turnbaugh et al, 1979;Woods & Williams, 1976). The two cover pages provided background information about the study, as well as directions for completing and returning the survey.…”

“…Silverman and Paynter (1990) studied the attitudes of 48 college students toward four constructs. These constructs were a "factory worker," a "factory worker who stutters," a "lawyer," and a "lawyer who stutters."…”

“…Therefore, listener feedback can greatly affect the self-perceptions of people who stutter. Unfortunately, listener feedback embraces myriad negative attitudes, prejudices, and stereotypes, that have been reported by a number of groups including speech-language pathologists (SLPs) (Cooper & Cooper, 1996;Turnbaugh, Guitar, & Hoffman, 1979), educators (Crowe & Walton, 1981;Yeakle & Cooper, 1986), healthcare professionals (Silverman & Bongey, 1997;Yairi & Carrico, 1992), lay people (Crowe & Cooper, 1977;Ham, 1990), college students (Ruscello, Lass, & Brown, 1988;Silverman & Paynter, 1990), employers (Hurst & Cooper, 1983a), and vocational counselors (Hurst & Cooper, 1983b).…”

Jobs, Sex, Love and Lifestyle: When Nonstutterers Assume the Roles of Stutterers

“…and Paynter [7] compared undergraduate students' assessment of occupational competence and found that perceived competencies were significantly decreased by the label of stuttering. In addition, Rice and Knoll [8] found that PWS perceived their stuttering to have adversely affected employment opportunities, job promotions, job responsibilities, and performance evaluations as well as contributing to feelings of social alienation at work.…”