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Edna J Carlo1, Bárbara M Pratts-Pérez2, Kenneth O St Louis3
1University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan 00936-5067, Puerto Rico.
Purpose:
This study examines the attitudes towards stuttering of 18 Hispanic students from the University of Puerto Rico, before and after their master's speech-language pathology (SLP) training, using the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Stuttering (POSHA-S).
Methods:
Two cohorts of students completed the Spanish version of the POSHA-S during initial graduate orientation and post-graduation interviews.
Results:
Statistically significant changes were observed in attitudes, with an overall improvement in the Overall Stuttering Score (OSS), Beliefs, and Self Reactions. Fifteen of 62 comparisons (24 %) were significant, with an average change of 1.6 standard deviations, indicating a "very large" effect size. Pre-training student attitudes were similar to those of the Puerto Rican public but worse than those of Puerto Rican teachers. Compared to > 200 samples in the international POSHA-S database, students' mean rank increased from pre- to post-training from the 58th percentile to the 79th percentile, reflecting more positive attitudes compared to global data.
Conclusions:
The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of graduate training in improving SLP students' attitudes towards stuttering, highlighting a significant positive shift from initial attitudes similar to the public to a more informed perspective post-education. This suggests that SLP training can effectively influence perceptions and beliefs about stuttering.
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