The perceptions of stutterers by people who stutter.
Twenty-five persons who stutter completed a questionnaire asking respondents to list adjectives describing four hypothetical stutterers: a female child, male child, female adult and male adult stutterer. The majority of reported adjectives concerned negative stereotypical personality traits, indicating descriptions of stutterers by a group of persons who stutter that were similar to descriptions given by fluent subject groups. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Lass
N J
NJ
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506-6122, USA.
Ruscello
D M
DM
Pannbacker
M
M
Schmitt
J F
JF
Middleton
G F
GF
Schweppenheiser
K
K
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012737:Sex Factors; D012928:Social Desirability; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D013342:Stuttering / Q000523:psychology*