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Measuring Attitudes toward Stuttering: English-to-French Translations in Canada and Cameroon
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St. Louis, Kenneth O.; Roberts, Patricia M. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2010
Purpose: A field test of a survey instrument under development, the "Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes, Experimental Edition" ("POSHA-E"), designed to investigate language-, culture-, and nation-specific public opinions about stuttering is reported. This investigation compared English and French versions of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stuttering, Public Opinion, Measures (Individuals)
The Peer Attitudes toward Children Who Stutter (PATCS) Scale: An Evaluation of Validity, Reliability and the Negativity of Attitudes
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Langevin, Marilyn; Kleitman, Sabina; Packman, Ann; Onslow, Mark – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: Persistent calls for school-based education about stuttering necessitate a better understanding of peer attitudes toward children who stutter and a means to measure outcomes of such educational interventions. Langevin and Hagler in 2004 developed the Peer Attitudes Toward Children who Stutter scale (PATCS) to address these needs and…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Stuttering, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
A Cross-Cultural, Long-Term Outcome Evaluation of the ISTAR Comprehensive Stuttering Program across Dutch and Canadian Adults Who Stutter
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Langevin, Marilyn; Huinck, Wendy J.; Kully, Deborah; Peters, Herman F. M.; Lomheim, Holly; Tellers, Marian – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2006
There is a need to evaluate the effectiveness of stuttering treatment programs delivered in domestic and international contexts and to determine if treatment delivered internationally is culturally sensitive. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the ISTAR Comprehensive Stuttering Program (CSP) within and across client groups from the Netherlands and…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Speech Therapy, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Treatment
Mild Head Injury as a Source of Developmental Disabilities.
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Segalowitz, Sidney J.; Brown, Deborah – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This survey of 616 Canadian high-school adolescents suggests that light and mild head injury is almost 10 times as common as hospital-reported incidence. The study found significant relationships between reported head injury and hyperactivity, stuttering, mixed handedness, and dislike of mathematics. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Correlation, Developmental Disabilities, Etiology