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O'Brian, Sue; Jones, Mark; Packman, Ann; Onslow, Mark; Menzies, Ross; Lowe, Robyn; Cream, Angela; Hearne, Anna; Hewat, Sally; Harrison, Elisabeth; Block, Susan; Briem, Anne – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study investigated the complexity of stuttering behavior. It described and classified the complexity of stuttering behavior in relation to age, behavioral treatment outcomes, stuttering severity, anxiety-related mental health, impact of stuttering, and gender. Method: For this study, a taxonomy was developed--LBDL-C7--which was based…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Adults, Adolescents, Age Differences
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Kefalianos, Elaina; Onslow, Mark; Ukoumunne, Obioha C.; Block, Susan; Reilly, Sheena – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to ascertain if there is an association between stuttering severity and behaviors and the expression of temperament characteristics, including precursors of anxiety. Method: We studied temperament characteristics of a prospectively recruited community cohort of children who stutter (N = 173) at ages 3, 4, and…
Descriptors: Personality, Stuttering, Case Studies, Preschool Children
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Kefalianos, Elaina; Onslow, Mark; Ukoumunne, Obioha; Block, Susan; Reilly, Sheena – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether and when temperament differences, including precursors of anxiety, emerge before onset and during stuttering development. Method: The authors prospectively studied temperament characteristics of a community cohort of children who stutter (N = 183) and children in the control group (N =…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Personality, Anxiety, Preschool Children
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Kefalianos, Elaina; Onslow, Mark; Block, Susan; Menzies, Ross; Reilly, Sheena – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2012
Purpose: The topic of temperament and early stuttering and the extent to which it involves anxiety is theoretically and clinically relevant. The topic can contribute to theory development and clinical practices with early stuttering. Method: We present a review of the empirical literature for this area with a view to determining which of two…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Personality Traits, Longitudinal Studies, Anxiety
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St Clare, Tamsen; Menzies, Ross G.; Onslow, Mark; Packman, Ann; Thompson, Robyn; Block, Susan – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: Those who stutter have a proclivity to social anxiety. Yet, to date, there is no comprehensive measure of thoughts and beliefs about stuttering that represent the cognitions associated with that anxiety. Aims: The present paper describes the development of a measure to assess unhelpful thoughts and beliefs about stuttering. Methods &…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Behavior Modification, Validity, Effect Size
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Menzies, Ross G.; O'Brian, Sue; Onslow, Mark; Packman, Ann; St Clare, Tamsen; Block, Susan – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: The aims of the present study were to (a) examine the rate of social phobia among adults who stutter, (b) study the effects of speech restructuring treatment on social anxiety, and (c) study the effects on anxiety and stuttering of a cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) package for social anxiety. Method: Thirty-two adults with chronic…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Behavior Modification, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders