Stuttering and anxiety: The difference between stutterers and nonstutterers in verbal apprehension and physiologic arousal during the anticipation of speech and non-speech tasks |
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Authors: | Herman F.M. Peters Wouter Hulstijn |
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Affiliation: | Department of Speech Pathology University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands;Department of Experimental Psychology, Psychological Laboratory University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | To test if stressful anticipation of speech situations is a factor in eliciting stuttering behavior, the difference between 24 stutterers and 24 nonstutterers in verbal apprehension and physiologic activity was studied before and during speech tasks (reading and conversation), and nonspeech tasks (motor and intelligence task).Results indicate that the difference between stutterers and nonstutterers mainly were restricted to anxiety ratings assessed after each task. Heart rate, vasomotor responses, and electrodermal activity recorded before and during speech tasks were higher compared with the physiologic activity before and during nonspeech tasks but, unexpectedly, this was also the case for nonstutterers. It is concluded that stuttering is not elicited by anxiety. |
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Keywords: | Address correspondence to Dr. Herman F.M. Peters Department of Speech Pathology E.N.T. Department University Hospital Nijmegen The Netherlands. |
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