title: Personal constructs of fluency: a study comparing stutterers and nonstutterers.
abstract: The personal construct systems relating to fluency of a group of five stutterers and a group of five nonstutterers were examined using the repertory grid technique. The results support findings that stereotypical notions about stuttering were characteristic of both stutterers and nonstutterers and did not support Fransella's 1972 assumption that constructs relating to fluency differ in the communication subsystems of stutterers and nonstutterers.
authors.affiliation: University of Durban-Westville, South Africa.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naidoo
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Pillay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013342:Stuttering / Q000523:psychology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior