Pretreatment Factors Associated with the Outcome of Stuttering Therapy

Factors related to Recovery and Relapse in Persons with Stuttering Following Treatment: A Preliminary Study

“…From the results it is observed that the severity of the problem does not appear to be a factor which contributes to determining treatment outcomes. These results are contradictory to the results reported by Guitar (1976), Andrews and Craig (1988), and Craig (1998), all of whom suggested that the greater the severity of stuttering, the less effective the treatment was likely to be, at least in terms of eliminating stuttering. Table 1 shows that 8 (67%) of the 12 relapsed persons with stuttering reported that they had a positive family history, whereas only 4 (33%) of the 12 recovered participants reported the same.…”

“…Relapse has been broadly defined as the recurrence of symptoms after a period of improvement (Webster, 1979). However, there is a paucity of research and few objective controlled studies that explore relapse in stuttering following treatment (Guitar, 1976;Boberg, 1981;Craig & Howie, 1982;Craig & Andrews, 1985;Andrews & Craig, 1988). There could be many reasons for this.…”

A comparative investigation of the BigCAT and Erickson S-24 measures of speech-associated attitude

“…The Erickson S-24 has been a frequently used means for measuring the speech-associated attitude of adults who stutter (Block, Onslow, Packman, Gray & Dacakis, 2005;Blood, 1995;Brutten & Vanryckeghem, 2003b;Guitar & Bass, 1978;Guitar, 1976;Howie, Tanner & Andrews, 1981;Ladouceur & Saint-Laurent, 1986;Manning, Dailey & Wallace, 1984;Miller & Watson, 1992;Ornstein & Manning, 1985;Quesal & Shank, 1978;Silverman, 1980). However, recent research has suggested that the item-to-total score consistency of the S-24 is somewhat limited (Brutten & Vanryckeghem, 2003b).…”

An analysis of the relationship between the degree of maintained fluency improvement of former Portland State University stuttering clients and the overall language themes they used

“…Another study, conducted by Guitar (1976) indicated there may be a relationship between the attitudes of stutterers and their longterm improvement. In the study, even though all subjects terminated the treatment program fluent, those measured as having more negative attitudes prior to treatment demonstrated a higher level of stuttering a year later than others.…”