title: The perceptions of stutterers by people who stutter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506-6122, USA.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Lass
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ruscello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pannbacker
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schweppenheiser
mesh_terms: 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*