Anxiety in 11-Year-Old Children Who Stutter: Findings from a Prospective Longitudinal Community Sample

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Kylie A.; Iverach, Lisa; O'Brian, Susan; Mensah, Fiona; Kefalianos, Elaina; Hearne, Anna; Reilly, Sheena
Titel	Anxiety in 11-Year-Old Children Who Stutter: Findings from a Prospective Longitudinal Community Sample
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60 (2017) 5, S.1211-1222 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2016_JSLHR-S-16-0035
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Stuttering; Regression (Statistics); Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Correlation; Learning Disabilities; Control Groups; Personality Traits; Comparative Analysis; Children; Emotional Adjustment; Scores; Measures (Individuals); Longitudinal Studies; Experimental Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Stammer; Stottern; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Autismus; Korrelation; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Child; Kind; Kinder; Emotionale Anpassung; Messdaten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Purpose: To examine if a community sample of 11-year-old children with persistent stuttering have higher anxiety than children who have recovered from stuttering and nonstuttering controls. Method: Participants in a community cohort study were categorized into 3 groups: (a) those with persistent stuttering, (b) those with recovered stuttering, and (c) nonstuttering controls. Linear regression modeling compared outcomes on measures of child anxiety and emotional and behavioral functioning for the 3 groups. Results: Without adjustment for covariates (unadjusted analyses), the group with persistent stuttering showed significantly increased anxiety compared with the recovered stuttering group and nonstuttering controls. The group with persistent stuttering had a higher number of children with autism spectrum disorder and/or learning difficulties. Once these variables were included as covariates in subsequent analysis, there was no difference in anxiety, emotional and behavioral functioning, or temperament among groups. Conclusion: Although recognized to be associated with stuttering in clinical samples, anxiety was not higher in school-age children who stutter in a community cohort. It may be that anxiety develops later or is less marked in community cohorts compared with clinical samples. We did, however, observe higher anxiety scores in those children who stuttered and had autism spectrum disorder or learning difficulties. Implications and recommendations for research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01