Preliminary study of self-reported experience of physical aggression and bullying of boys who stutter: relation to increased anxiety

This study examined the relationship of self-reported anxiety and vulnerability to bullying for 18 children who stuttered and 18 children who did not stutter. More children who stuttered were at significantly higher risk of experiencing bullying behavior (61%) than children who did not stutter (22%)...

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Published in:Perceptual and motor skills 2007-06, Vol.104 (3 Pt 2), p.1060-1066
Main Authors: Blood, Gordon W, Blood, Ingrid M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Aggression - psychology
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Behavior
Bullying
Child
Children & youth
Comorbidity
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Manifest Anxiety Scale
Risk Factors
Social Behavior
Stuttering
Stuttering - epidemiology
Stuttering - psychology
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Summary:This study examined the relationship of self-reported anxiety and vulnerability to bullying for 18 children who stuttered and 18 children who did not stutter. More children who stuttered were at significantly higher risk of experiencing bullying behavior (61%) than children who did not stutter (22%); 39% of children who stuttered scored at least one standard deviation above the mean on the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, suggestive of higher anxiety. In contrast, only 6% of children who did not stutter scored at least one standard deviation above the mean. The correlation was .82 for children who stuttered between greater vulnerability to bullying and self-reported anxiety. A bidirectional relationship is hypothesized between high anxiety and bullying of children who stutter.
ISSN:0031-5125
1558-688X
DOI:10.2466/PMS.104.3.1060-1066