Attitudes towards stuttering of parents and other family members of children who stutter in Egypt

El-Adawy, Ahlam Abdel-Salam Nabieh; Louis, Kenneth O. St.; Emam, Ahmed; Elbarody, Zahra Moemen; Mostafa, Engy Mohamed

doi:10.1080/2050571x.2020.1724360

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“…The US parents of adolescents who stuttered, while not compared to nonstuttering adolescents, held among the most positive attitudes observed in any of the more than 250 samples in the POSHA–S database. The Egyptian mothers and fathers, by contrast, were not more positive than other Egyptian samples of the public (El‐Adawy et al., 2020), suggesting other unexplained influences.…”

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“…From the entire POSHA‐S database, samples were extracted that consisted of 1250 parents and 1248 nonparents from the Middle East (Mid East) and 4668 parents and 4952 nonparents from Europe and North America (Euro & N Amer). Justification for comparing the two regions derives from evidence that, with few exceptions, mean attitudes of Middle Eastern samples using the POSHA–S have been both similar and less positive than mean attitudes of North American and European samples which were similar and uniformly more positive (El‐Adawy et al., 2020). From the more than 250 samples in the POSHA–S database, all public samples were included except (a) samples not from the Middle East, Europe or North America; (b) the child‐identified samples listed in the previous section; (c) samples wherein any respondents were less than 18 years of age; (d) samples of speech and language therapists; and (e) predominantly university student samples whose majors were speech and language therapy.…”

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“…In contrast, Mostafa et al (2021) administered the POSHA-S to 25 Egyptian mother/father dyads who were parents of the same child who stutters. (These dyads were a subset of parents and other relatives of 100 Egyptian children who stuttered [El-Adawy et al, 2020].) Fathers had more positive ratings than mothers on 57% of the POSHA-S items.…”

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“…In contrast, El‐Adawy et al. (2020) used the POSHA–S to survey 100 family members of children who stutter in Egypt, including 80 parents. They found that parents held more negative attitudes toward stuttering as compared to aggregated POSHA‐S data from the general public in the Middle East.…”

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Mothers’ and fathers’ attitudes toward stuttering in the Middle East compared to Europe and North America

Hughes,

Junuzovic‐Zunic,

Mostafa

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Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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BackgroundParents play a central role in the treatment of childhood stuttering. Addressing parental attitudes toward stuttering is helpful therapeutically. The extent to which differences in attitudes toward stuttering exist on the basis of sex, geographical region and parental status (e.g., parent of a stuttering child, parent of a nonstuttering child, nonparent) is unclear. Many studies investigating such factors have used the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes–Stuttering (POSHA–S) questionnaire. A large POSHA–S database has collected responses from over 20 000 people from 49 countries.AimsThe aim of this study was to use the POSHA‐S database to examine the extent to which the following variables influence attitudes toward stuttering: (a) parents’ sex (mothers vs. fathers), (b) geographic region (Middle East vs. Europe and North America), (c) parents’ children (stuttering vs. nonstuttering) and (d) parental status (parents versus nonparents).Methods & ProceduresData used in this study were extracted from selected, relevant studies that administered the POSHA–S to respondents. The Overall Stuttering Scores were compared on the basis of sex and parent status (i.e., mothers and fathers; nonparent women and men) and were then compared within and across the two geographical areas. Group comparisons were performed using analysis of variance followed by independent t tests, and Cohen's d was calculated to determine effect sizes.Outcomes & ResultsStatistically significant differences were observed upon the basis of geographical region. In general, male parents and nonparents tend to have more positive stuttering attitudes among the Middle Eastern samples while female parents and nonparents tend to show more positive attitudes in European and North American samples in the POSHA–S database. Effect sizes were small for all comparisons.Conclusions & ImplicationsThe effect of geographic region and culture may predict sex‐based differences among mothers’ and fathers’ attitudes toward stuttering; however, the clinical significance is unclear. Additional research is needed to better understand how children who stutter are affected by their parents’ attitudes toward stuttering.What this paper addsWhat is already known on this subject The research clearly indicates that attitudes toward stuttering vary according to geographical region. Less clear is whether mothers and fathers from geographically diverse backgrounds hold different attitudes toward stuttering and the extent to which parental status (being a parent, parent of a child who stutters or nonparent) affects attitudes toward stuttering.What this study adds This study's findings confirm that geographical differences do influence attitudes toward stuttering. Male parents and nonparents tend to have equal or more positive attitudes toward stuttering in Middle Eastern samples, whereas non‐Middle Eastern female parents and nonparents tend to show hold more positive attitudes.What are the clinical implications of this work? In addition to being culturally sensitive when working with parents of children who stutter, clinicians should also consider that mothers and fathers may have some differences in attitudes and behaviours toward their child's stuttering. These differences should be considered when designing treatment plans. It should also be noted that, despite statistical significance, the effect sizes in this study were low, suggesting that further research as well as close collaboration with parents of children who stutter is warranted.

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“…It should firstly be stated that, not only in Turkey (Özdemir; 2010; Özdemir et al, 2011a, 2011b; Çağlayan, 2019), but also in all countries without discrimination, attitudes towards stuttering are negative (Abdalla, Irani, and Hughes, 2014). However, considering that the data on Turkey, like many others, are more negative in comparison to Northern America and Western Europe (Abdalla and St. Louis, 2014;Nabieh et al, 2020;St. Louis et al, 2016;Valente et al, 2017), this was an expected finding.…”

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Türk Bireylerin Kekemeliği Olan Bireylere Yönelik Dinleyici Tepkileri: Kültürlerarası Bir Karşılaştırma

Cangi¹,

Alpay²

2021

OPUS Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi

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Social attitudes and reactions towards people who stutter (PWS) are generally examined through scales. The purpose of this study is to compare the attitudes and behaviors of Turkish and non-Turkish individuals in their interactions with PWS in an experimental condition. The participants were two PWS and 16 adults as interaction partners, including eight Turkish and eight non-Turkish individuals. In the experiment, each interaction partner engaged in a conversation with PWS on spontaneous themes. Four raters scored the attitudes of the interactors by watching the recorded videos via a questionnaire consisting of 49 antonym adjectives. Two raters calculated the interactive behaviors of the interaction partners. Based on the qualities with an agreement rate over .7 according to the reliability findings, the groups were compared with independent samples t-test. In the behavioral sense, the Turkish group exhibited significantly more 'sentence completion' and 'asking consecutive questions' behaviors compared to the non-Turkish group. In terms of interaction attitudes, the Turkish group received significantly higher scores in responding in the first syllable, completing the statement, being serious and anxious. In comparison to the Turkish group, the non-Turkish group received significantly higher scores in using gestures/facial expressions and being empathetic, warm, positive, sincere, sympathetic, and open.

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Parental perceptions towards childhood stuttering in Sri Lanka

Nonis

Unicomb

Hewat

2022

Journal of Communication Disorders

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Attitudes towards stuttering of parents and other family members of children who stutter in Egypt

Cited by 14 publications

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Mothers’ and fathers’ attitudes toward stuttering in the Middle East compared to Europe and North America

Mothers’ and fathers’ attitudes toward stuttering in the Middle East compared to Europe and North America

Türk Bireylerin Kekemeliği Olan Bireylere Yönelik Dinleyici Tepkileri: Kültürlerarası Bir Karşılaştırma

Parental perceptions towards childhood stuttering in Sri Lanka

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