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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Kylie A
dc.contributor.authorIverach, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorO'Brian, Susan
dc.contributor.authorMensah, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorKefalianos, Elaina
dc.contributor.authorHearne, Anna
dc.contributor.authorReilly, Sheena
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-06T23:41:25Z
dc.date.available2017-07-06T23:41:25Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1092-4388
dc.identifier.doi10.1044/2016_JSLHR-S-16-0035
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/341579
dc.description.abstractPurpose: 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Speech - Language - Hearing Association
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto12
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume60
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLinguistics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4704
dc.titleAnxiety in 11-Year-Old Children Who Stutter: Findings From a Prospective Longitudinal Community Sample
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorReilly, Sheena


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