Purpose: This study assessed the psychometric properties of instruments used to measure constructs similar to stuttering-specific health-related quality of life. In the stuttering literature, most such instruments were originally intended to measure speakers' attitudes about, or reactions to, their stuttering. Method: Seventeen instruments were…

Adult stutterers (n=75) and nonstutterers (n=81) rated themselves on communication attitudes involving behavioral, affective, and cognitive components. The findings raise issues regarding stutterers' avoidances, attitude multidimensionality in the perceptions of speaking situations, differences in stutterers and nonstutterers' belief systems, and…