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Vanryckeghem, Martine; Brutten, Gene J. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
The purpose of this investigation was to provide normative and comparative data for the BigCAT, the adult form of the Communication Attitude Test, a sub-test of the Behavior Assessment Battery. The BigCAT, a 35-item self-report test of speech-associated attitude was administered to 96 adults who stutter (PWS) and 216 adults who do not (PWNS). The…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Negative Attitudes
St. Louis, Kenneth O. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
Purpose: The study investigated the extent to which differences existed between public attitudes of males versus females. Method: One hundred adults, 50 males and 50 females, were chosen at random from each of 50 study samples comprising a total of 3371 respondents in a database archive who had completed the "Public Opinion Survey of Human…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Females, Opinions, Databases
Vanryckeghem, Martine; Brutten, Gene J. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
The BigCAT and the Erickson S-24, self-report measures of communication attitude, were administered in a randomly determined order to 72 adults who stuttered (PWS) and 72 who did not (PWNS). The two groups of participants differed from each other to a statistically significant extent on both of these measures of speech-associated attitude,…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Diagnostic Tests, Adults, Speech Communication
Finn, Patrick; Howard, Rachel; Kubala, Rachel – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of recovery from stuttering based on the experiences of adults who recovered without treatment. Using a semi-structured, open-ended interview format, 15 speakers verified as persons who recovered without treatment were asked to describe their status as everyday speakers. Seven speakers…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Speech Communication, Self Concept, Attitude Measures

Watson, Jennifer Barber – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1988
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…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Attitude Measures, Attitudes
Klompas, Michelle; Ross, Eleanor – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2004
The purpose of the study was to investigate the life experiences of a group of South African adults who stutter and the impact of stuttering on their quality of life. Participants were 16 adults with a mean age of 28.9 and ranging from 20 to 59 years. Methods involved individual interviews designed to explore the life domains of education; social…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Social Life, Stuttering, Quality of Life