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Social anxiety and stuttering.

F W Kraaimaat1, P Janssen, R van Dam-Baggen

  • 1Academic Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|June 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Social anxiety is not an essential characteristic of stuttering. This study found no significant link between stuttering and social anxiety compared to social phobic patients and healthy individuals.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Speech-Language Pathology

Background:

  • Stuttering is a complex speech disorder.
  • The relationship between stuttering and social anxiety is debated.
  • Previous research has not conclusively determined if social anxiety is inherent to stuttering.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the prevalence of social anxiety in individuals who stutter.
  • To compare social anxiety levels in stutterers versus individuals with social phobic disorder and typically developing individuals.
  • To determine if social anxiety is a core component of stuttering.

Main Methods:

  • A comparative study design was employed.
  • Social anxiety was measured in 110 individuals who stutter.
  • Two control groups were used: 110 patients diagnosed with social phobic disorder and 110 individuals with no reported speech or anxiety disorders.

Main Results:

  • The study found that social anxiety levels in stutterers were not significantly different from the control groups.
  • Results do not support the hypothesis that social anxiety is an essential feature of stuttering.
  • Individuals with social phobic disorder exhibited higher levels of social anxiety than stutterers.

Conclusions:

  • Social anxiety is not an inherent or essential characteristic of stuttering.
  • The findings suggest that interventions for stuttering may not need to primarily focus on social anxiety.
  • Further research could explore specific co-occurring conditions in stuttering populations.

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