Measurement and comparison of anxiety levels of parents of stuttering, articulatory defective, and normal-speaking children

This study was conducted to determine whether or not parents of stutterers are generally more anxious than parents of nonstutterers. In addition, the situational anxiety attendant upon the viewing of their own children was compared with that of parents of articulatory defective and normal-speaking c...

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Published in:Journal of fluency disorders 1978-01, Vol.3 (4), p.273-283
Main Authors: Zenner, Anthony A., Ritterman, Stuart I., Bowen, Sharon K., Gronhovd, K.Dale
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This study was conducted to determine whether or not parents of stutterers are generally more anxious than parents of nonstutterers. In addition, the situational anxiety attendant upon the viewing of their own children was compared with that of parents of articulatory defective and normal-speaking children. Seven sets of parents of stutterers, articulatory defective, and normal speaking children ( N = 42) were administered the A-Trait measure of the Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (Spielberger et al., 1965) before and after viewing videotapes of their own chilg and a child of each of the two other groups. Results indicating that parents of stuttering children exhibit more situational anxiety than parents in either of the other two groups are discussed in terms of their clinical implications.
ISSN:0094-730X
1873-801X
DOI:10.1016/0094-730X(78)90027-X