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Usler, Evan R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
The purpose of this article is to provide a theoretical account of the experience of stuttering that incorporates previous explanations and recent experimental findings. According to this account, stuttering-like disfluencies emerge during early childhood from excessive detection of cognitive conflict due to subtle limitations in speech and…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Conflict, Cognitive Processes, Speech Communication
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Tichenor, Seth E.; Walsh, Bridget M.; Gerwin, Katelyn L.; Yaruss, J. Scott – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study evaluated the relationship between "emotional regulation" (ER) and adverse impact related to stuttering across the developmental spectrum, in preschool and school-age children, adolescents, and adults who stutter. An additional aim examined how these variables relate to the ways that individuals approach speaking…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Children, Adolescents, Adults
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Eggers, Kurt; Jansson-Verkasalo, Eira – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether previously reported parental questionnaire-based differences in attentional shifting and inhibitory control (AS and IC; Eggers, De Nil, & Van den Bergh, 2010) would be supported by direct measurement of AS and IC using a computer task. Method: Participants were 16 Finnish children…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Parent Attitudes, Attention, Inhibition
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Johnson, Kia N.; Conture, Edward G.; Walden, Tedra A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
Purpose: This preliminary investigation assessed the attentional processes of preschool-age children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS) during Traditional cueing and Affect cueing tasks. Method: Participants consisted of 12 3- to 5-year-old CWS and the same number of CWNS (all boys). Both talker groups participated in two tasks of shifting and…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Investigations, Attention Span, Self Control
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Felsenfeld, Susan; van Beljsterveldt, Catharina Eugenie Maria; Boomsma, Dorret Irene – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2010
Purpose: Using a sample of 20,445 Dutch twins, this study examined the relationship between speech fluency and attentional regulation in children. A secondary objective was to identify etiological overlap between nonfluency and poor attention using fluency-discordant twin pairs. Method: Three fluency groups were created at age 5 using a parent…
Descriptors: Twins, Children, Attention, Stuttering
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Johnson, Kia N.; Walden, Tedra A.; Conture, Edward G.; Karrass, Jan – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2010
Purpose: Emotional regulation of preschool children who stutter (CWS) and children who do not stutter (CWNS) was assessed through use of a disappointing gift (DG) procedure (P. M. Cole, 1986; C. Saarni, 1984, 1992). Method: Participants consisted of 16 CWS and CWNS (11 boys and 5 girls in each talker group) who were 3 to 5 years of age. After…
Descriptors: Play, Emotional Response, Preschool Children, Stuttering
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Karrass, Jan; Walden, Tedra A.; Conture, Edward G.; Graham, Corrin G.; Arnold, Hayley S.; Hartfield, Kia N.; Schwenk, Krista A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to examine relations between children's emotional reactivity, emotion regulation and stuttering. Participants were 65 preschool children who stutter (CWS) and 56 preschool children who do not stutter (CWNS). Parents completed the Behavior Style Questionnaire (BSQ) [McDevitt S. C., & Carey, W. B. (1978). A…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Emotional Response, Preschool Children, Parents