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Üstün-Yavuz, Meryem S.; Warmington, Meesha; Gerlach, Hope; St. Louis, Kenneth O. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Geographical and cultural differences have been shown to affect public attitudes towards stuttering. However, increasingly for many individuals in the world one's birthplace culture (or home culture) and culture in their local geographical environment (or host culture) are not the same. Aims: The effects of home culture and host…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Context, Context Effect, Geographic Regions
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Ardila, Alfredo; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1994
A questionnaire given to 1,879 Bogota (Colombia) university students found a prevalence of 2% in self-reported stuttering. Results also indicated that the prevalence of minor brain injury or dysfunction, developmental dyslexia history, word-finding difficulties, and depressive symptoms were higher among the stutterers than the nonstutterers. (DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Depression (Psychology), Dyslexia, Emotional Problems