Public awareness and knowledge of stuttering in Rio de Janeiro

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

“…For example, knowledge questions pertaining to the prevalence of the disorder, whether stuttering is more frequent in males than in females, or whether it occurs among other races such as Africans, Asians, etc., clearly suggested there was some public confusion surrounding the disorder. Some of the results of this study are similar to those of other comparable studies conducted in other countries and cultures including Belgium, Brazil, Shanghai and China (Bebout & Arthur, 1992;de Britto Pereira et al, 2008;Mayo et al, 2004;Van Borsel et al, 1999;Xing Ming et al, 2001), as well as Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Denmark, Nepal, Nicaragua, Macedonia, South Africa, Turkey and the U.S. . These studies suggest that there is poor or limited community knowledge in every culture regarding stuttering.…”

“…It was also found that 62% of parents reported they would consult a SLP if their 4-year-old child stuttered. This finding, also present in the Belgian study (Van Borsel et al, 1999) and the Rio de Janeiro study (de Britto Pereira et al, 2008), could possibly indicate the developing appreciation of the speech-language pathology profession on an international level, including in Kuwait. This could also be a possible indication of response bias from the parents since they had an idea of what the study was about and who was conducting it.…”

“…Louis, 2005), an Arabic version of the POSHA-E was administered to parents of children in 18 government schools across Kuwait. The aim of this study was to determine the attitudes, level of knowledge and current beliefs of parents in Kuwait possess about stuttering and PWS as negative opinions about stuttering and PWS appear to exist cross-culturally (Bebout & Arthur, 1992;de Britto Pereira et al, 2008;Mayo et al, 2004;St. Louis et al, 2005;Van Borsel et al, 1999;Xing Ming et al, 2001).…”

“…Studies conducted on various ethnic and cultural groups around the world show some cultural groups demonstrate contemporary understanding of stuttering (de Britto Pereira, Rossi & van Borsel, 2008;Xing Ming, Jing, Yi Wen, & Van Borsel, 2001), and that it occurs early in childhood (de Britto Pereira et al, 2008;Mayo et al, 2004;Van Borsel et al, 1999;Xing Ming et al, 2001), while other cultures demonstrate less traditional conceptualizations about the disorder, such as it is "an act of God", that it has a psychological etiology, that PWS have psychosocial problems (Mayo et al, 2004) or that the cause of stuttering is emotional (de Britto Pereira et al, 2008). Significant differences in terms of current understanding and knowledge about the disorder have also been noted between different age groups and genders in some cultures (Van Borsel et al, 1999;Xing Ming et al, 2001).…”

Reactions of teachers versus non-teachers toward people who stutter

“…Previous studies of beliefs, attitudes and perceptions of PWS are increasingly including respondent age and education as a standard practice because there is evidence that these constructs are related to respondent age (Al-Khaledi, Lincoln, McCabe, Packman, & Alshatti, 2009;de Britto Pereira, Rossi, & Van Borsel, 2008;Ming, Jing, Wen, & Van Borsel, 2001;Van Borsel, Verniers, & Bouvry, 1999) and education (de Britto Pereira et al, 2008;. We included these as covariates in this study, particularly because the observational nature of the study called for the removal of pre-existing differences between teachers and their non-teaching counterparts and between the male and the female respondents.…”