An Investigation of Communication Attitudes, Quality of Communication, and Locus of Control in Stutterers and Non-stutterers

Authors

Feng-Chu Tseng
Lin-Fen Hsieh

Translated Title

口吃者溝通態度、溝通品質及內外控取向之研究

Abstract

Adults with stuttering are not only disfluent in speech, but also have problems in social adjustment and social interactions. That is, stuttering is a speech disorder, as well as a communication disorder. This study was aimed to examine the communication attitudes, the quality of communications, and the locus of control in adults with stuttering. Twenty-five males and six females, aged between 18 and 47 (mean 26.8) participated as the stutter-group in the study. Another group of twenty-five males and six females, aged between 18 and 48, participated as the non-stutter group. All of the participants were administered with Modified Erickson Scale of Communication Attitudes (S-24), Quality of Communication Scale and Internal-External Control Scale. The collected data was analyzed with t test and individual multiple-way MANOVA.The results indicated that the two groups differed significantly in communication attitudes and quality of communication, but not in locus of control. In other words, the stutterer groups exhibited negative communication attitudes and less satisfactory quality of communication.

Language

Traditional Chinese

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.6315/2006.34(4)04

First Page

225

Last Page

233

Recommended Citation

Tseng, Feng-Chu and Hsieh, Lin-Fen (2006) "An Investigation of Communication Attitudes, Quality of Communication, and Locus of Control in Stutterers and Non-stutterers," Rehabilitation Practice and Science: Vol. 34: Iss. 4, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6315/2006.34(4)04
Available at: https://rps.researchcommons.org/journal/vol34/iss4/4