Cultural Difference in Attitudes towards Stuttering among British, Arab and Chinese Students: Considering Home and Host Cultures

Autor/inn/en	Üstün-Yavuz, Meryem S.; Warmington, Meesha; Gerlach, Hope; St. Louis, Kenneth O.
Titel	Cultural Difference in Attitudes towards Stuttering among British, Arab and Chinese Students: Considering Home and Host Cultures
Quelle	In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 56 (2021) 3, S.609-619 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Üstün-Yavuz, Meryem S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-2822
DOI	10.1111/1460-6984.12617
Schlagwörter	Cultural Differences; Cultural Context; Context Effect; Geographic Regions; College Students; Foreign Students; Asians; Arabs; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Stereotypes; Stuttering; Public Opinion; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom; Middle East; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kultureller Unterschied; Collegestudent; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Arab; Araber; Klischee; Stammer; Stottern; Öffentliche Meinung; Ausland; Großbritannien; Vorderasien
Abstract	Background: Geographical and cultural differences have been shown to affect public attitudes towards stuttering. However, increasingly for many individuals in the world one's birthplace culture (or home culture) and culture in their local geographical environment (or host culture) are not the same. Aims: The effects of home culture and host culture in shaping the attitudes towards stuttering among students with British, Arab and Chinese home cultures attending one British university were explored. The effects of host culture were investigated by considering the time lived in the UK for Arab and Chinese students. Methods & Procedures: The study used a descriptive survey design that included a standardized self-delivered questionnaire: "the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes--Stuttering (POSHA-S)." Purposive sampling was carried out thorough volunteer mailing lists, student societies and personal contact. The final sample of 156 university students included 51 British, 52 Arab and 53 Chinese students. Outcomes & Results: Overall stuttering score (OSS), which is indicative of attitudes towards stuttering, was highest for British participants (mean = 30) and lowest for Chinese participants (mean = 13), with Arab participants falling in the middle (mean = 21). The differences in attitudes between the three groups were statistically significant, suggesting that home culture is a contributor to attitudes towards stuttering. A post-hoc item analysis of the POSHA-S revealed numerous specific differences in attitudes towards stuttering between the three groups, including differences in the attribution of the aetiology of stuttering, their role in helping people who stutter (PWS) and sympathy toward PWS. Time lived in the UK--a proxy measure for the role of host culture--did not significantly influence the attitudes of Arab and Chinese respondents. Conclusions & Implications: To varying degrees, all three groups had evidence of stereotypical stuttering attitudes. Nevertheless, given similar ages and student status in the same university, observed respondent differences confirm previous research documenting geographical influences on stuttering attitudes in Western versus East Asian and Middle Eastern samples. The study also provides evidence that home culture was influential in shaping attitudes towards stuttering, but host culture was not a significant contributor. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01