Persian Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering for Adults: the Impact of Stuttering on the Persian-Speaking Adults Who Stutter

Autor: Fariba Yadegari, Tahereh Sima Shirazi, Peter Howell, Reza Nilipour, Meysam Shafiei, Bizhan Shafiei, Zahra Ilkhani, Fatemeh Satarian, Narges Jafari, Robert William Quesal, J. Scott Yaruss
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 16, Iss 2, Pp 131-138 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-3602
1735-3610
Popis: Objectives: This paper describes the validation process of the final form of the Persian version of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker Experience of Stuttering for Adults (OASES-A-P). The impact of stuttering on the Persian-speaking people who stutter was compared to other languages. Methods: This study with a cross-sectional design involved 92 Persian-speaking adults who stutter (24 females and 68 males; mean age=20.05±4.85 years). Face and content validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and item analysis for discriminant validity were examined. The impact scores and impact ratings were calculated in total and for the sections separately. Results: Cronbach alpha and ICC proved to be high (0.98; 0.95, P
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