Zeitschrift für Sprachpathologie und Therapie

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Exploring Parental Perceptions and Attitudes towards Childhood Stuttering

Sarah Stones

The study’s goal was to see how closely assessed stuttering attitudes on two new measures, the ASE and the POSHA-S/Child, corresponded to a known measure, the POSHA-S. Second, it intended to ascertain the extent to which parental status influenced people’ assessed opinions towards stuttering. Third, the study used the new measurements to compare young children’s perspectives to those of their parents. The findings clearly show that one’s parental position has minimal influence on stuttering attitudes and that parents’ attitudes are more favourable than their young children’s attitudes.