Assessment of interpersonal anxiety in stutters

Autor: Ilić-Savić Ivana, Petrović-Lazić Mirjana
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Psihološka Istraživanja, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 63-74 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0352-7379
2560-306X
DOI: 10.5937/PSISTRA24-30565
Popis: Stuttering is defined as a speech disorder characterized by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of speech elements, i.e. voices, syllables or words. The evaluation of interpersonal anxiety in stuttering pathology should indicate and encourage a new perspective and provide a conceptual approach that has the potential to enable better understanding of the affective field of a stuttering person, thus completing a guide to stuttering rehabilitation. The aim of this study is to compare the degree of interpersonal anxiety of stuttering subjects and the typical population and the potential effect of age differences and different forms of stuttering on the degree of interpersonal anxiety. The sample included 48 subjects, 24 stuttering subjects and 24 non-stuttering subjects. Interpersonal anxiety was evaluated using the Willoughby questionnaire which assesses the degree of interpersonal anxiety. The obtained results show that the subjects who stutter are more anxious than the subjects of the typical population [F(1, 44) = 13.66, p
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