Communication Attitudes of Japanese School-Age Children Who Stutter

Autor/inn/en	Kawai, Norimune; Healey, E. Charles; Nagasawa, Taiko; Vanryckeghem, Martine
Titel	Communication Attitudes of Japanese School-Age Children Who Stutter
Quelle	In: Journal of Communication Disorders, 45 (2012) 5, S.348-354 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9924
DOI	10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.05.004
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Stuttering; Communication Disorders; Special Needs Students; Student Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Matched Groups; Negative Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Japanese; Severity (of Disability); Translation; Test Construction; Elementary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Stammer; Stottern; Kommunikationsstörung; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Schülerverhalten; Negative Fixierung; Japaner; Japanisch; Schweregrad; Testaufbau
Abstract	Past research with the Communication Attitude Test (CAT) has shown it to be a valid and reliable instrument for assessing speech-associated attitude of children who stutter (CWS). However, in Japan, the CAT has not been used extensively to examine the communication attitude of CWS. The purpose of this study was to determine if a Japanese version of the CAT could differentiate between the communication attitude of Japanese elementary school CWS and children who do not stutter (CWNS). A Japanese translation of the 1991 version of the Communication Attitude Test-Revised (CAT-R) was used in this study. Eighty Japanese CWS and 80 gender- and grade level-matched CWNS participated in the study. The results showed that CWS had a significantly more negative communication attitude than CWNS. Both CWS and CWNS in 1st grade showed significantly more positive communication attitudes than children in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Furthermore, a link between stuttering severity and CWS' communication attitude was found. Additional research is needed to confirm the results of the current study, which indicate that the communication attitude of Japanese CWS becomes more negative as they get older. Learning outcomes: The reader will be able to: (1) Describe the process that was used to develop a Japanese version of the Communication Attitude Test (CAT-J). (2) Discuss attitude differences between Japanese children who stutter and those who do not and how grade level impacts a negative attitude toward communication. (3) Explain the link between stuttering severity and attitudes of Japanese children who stutter. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10