Anxiety and emotional reactions have a central role in many theories of stuttering, for
example that persons who stutter would tend to have an emotionally sensitive temperament …

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 …

Purpose: Psychosocial disorders have been reported in adults who stutter, especially social
anxiety disorder. Social anxiety has been linked to childhood victimization. It is possible that …

Purpose To create a psychometrically sound scale that measures different levels of
internalized stigma (ie, self-stigma) among adults who stutter and to analyze factor structure …

Purpose Many people who stutter experience the phenomenon of anticipation—the sense
that stuttering will occur before it is physically and overtly realized. A systematic investigation …

Purpose Stuttering can cause wide ranging psychosocial impact. This is particularly the case
for adolescents who may face additional physical, emotional and personality changes as …

There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic
disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …

This study assessed emotional and speech-language contributions to childhood stuttering. A
dual diathesis-stressor framework guided this study, in which both linguistic requirements …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between depressive
symptoms and suicidal ideation and living with stuttering while accounting for time, sex, and …

Purpose The aim of this study was to identify potential relationships between self-stigma
(stigma awareness and stigma application) and stress, physical health, and health care …