Comparison of social anxiety between Japanese adults who stutter and non-stuttering controls

Chu, Shin Ying; Sakai, Naomi; Lee, Jae‐Hoon; Harrison, Elisabeth; Tang, Keng Ping; Mori, Koichi

doi:10.1016/j.jfludis.2020.105767

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“…In our study we found that there was a strong relationship between fear and the seriousness of social phobia and this was in agreement with a study done in Japan who examined 130 people who stutter PWS and 114 non-stuttering adults where PWS reported higher scores on both fear subscales of the social phobia scale, according to a 24-item self-reported survey of social phobia and avoidance across diverse daily scenarios [13] .…”

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Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample

KHALED¹,

Sowelem

Naguib

2022

Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences

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Objective:The objective of this study was to correlate between the severity of stuttering and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample for a better therapeutic plan. Patients and Methods: Stuttering severity index-Arabic version (ASSI) and the Brief Social Phobia Scale (BSPS) were applied on 33 Egyptian sample who stutter with age range from15-23 years old, 14 subjects were adolescents and 19 were adults. Twenty-three were males and ten females. The sample included3 with very mild stuttering, 3 mild stuttering,10 moderate stuttering, 12 severe stuttering and 5 very severe stuttering according to the stuttering severity index-Arabic version (ASSI). Results: The Pearson's Correlation test revealed a strong correlation between fear, avoidance, physical symptoms and stuttering severity in the whole sample, p value= 0.000, p value=0.001, p value=0.001respectively. As well as there was a strong correlation between fear, avoidance, physical symptoms and stuttering severity in the adolescent's sample, p value= 0.003, p value=0.010, p value=0.004 respectively. There was a strong correlation between fear, avoidance, physical symptoms and stuttering severity in the adult's sample, p value= 0.013, p value=0.042, p value=0.078 respectively. Conclusion: These findings provide a strong correlation between fear, avoidance, physical symptoms, and stuttering severity in the whole sample. Accordingly, such data could assist phoniatricians, speech-language pathologists and psychiatrists for a better therapeutic intervention.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample

KHALED¹,

Sowelem

Naguib

2022

Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences

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“…Stuttering is a speech disorder; some specific speech-related situational factors can influence social anxiety among AWS (Blood et al, 2001;Diehl et al, 2018;Ezrati-Vinacour & Levin, 2004; 6 (Liebowitz, 1987). The LSAS has been used to assess social anxiety in clinical and non-clinical samples, including AWS, in observational studies (e.g., Chu et al, 2020;Fresco et al, 2001) and intervention studies or clinical trials (e.g., McAllister et al, 2017;Stein et al, 2004). The LSAS has good psychometric properties, including high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity in both clinical samples of SAD and non-clinical samples (Asakura et al, 2002;Fresco et al, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Even though previous studies have investigated quantitative differences of social anxiety in various situations between AWS and those who do not stutter, as described above, their qualitative (correlational) characteristics have been poorly investigated in AWS. Furthermore, although previous studies have reported only total or prespecified subscale (performance and social interaction) scores of the LSAS without considering the qualitative separation of speech-related and speech-irrelevant situations (Chu et al, 2020;McAllister et al, 2017), empirical investigations would reveal a more appropriate factor structure or subscales. We aim to explore factor structure of the LSAS, assuming the separation of speech-related and speech-irrelevant anxiety, and reveal situational factors influencing social anxiety.…”

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Situational factors influencing social anxiety in treatment-seeking adults who stutter: An exploratory factor analysis

Haitani¹,

Sakai²,

Mori³

et al. 2021

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Purpose: Adults who stutter (AWS) often show high levels of social anxiety. Stuttering is a speech disorder, making the latent factors influencing social anxiety potentially different from those in individuals with a social anxiety disorder (SAD) or general populations. This study aims to examine the situational factors influencing social anxiety in AWS.Methods: We analyzed data of 351 AWS using the fear/anxiety scale in the Japanese self-report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS). We conducted exploratory factor analysis and investigated subscale scores.Results: We extracted five factors: (i) eating, drinking, and party, (ii) telephone, (iii) observation or non-speech, (iv) interaction with strangers, and (v) public speaking. The factor for telephone was newly extracted, and anxiety in telephone situations was poorly explained by the total score of fear/anxiety of the LSAS. On the other hand, the other four factors are similar to those previously extracted in individuals with SAD and general populations, and more than 60% of the variance of the subscale constructs was explained by the total score. Preliminary comparisons revealed that AWS had saliently higher anxiety in telephone situations and lower anxiety in observation or non-speech situations than individuals with anxiety disorders and Japanese university students.Conclusions: The factor for telephone was uniquely extracted in AWS, and the severity of anxiety in telephone situations was not explained well by the overall severity of social anxiety as a whole. Telephone situations have specific impacts on social anxiety in AWS.

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“…The Japanese version of the Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS; Chu et al, 2020;Liebowitz, 1987) The LSAS measures the degrees of fear/anxiety and avoidance in 24 social situations for the past week with the four-point Likert type scale, ranged from 0 to 3. When rating the fear/anxiety, 0-3 indicate none, mild, moderate, and severe, respectively.…”

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Factors predicting satisfaction with communication in daily lives of adults who stutter: An experience sampling study

Haitani¹,

Sakai²,

Mori³

2021

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Purpose: Improving satisfaction with communication (SC) is one of the issues in treatments of adults who stutter (AWS). SC can be influenced by self-rated stuttering severity (SS), negative/positive emotions, and emotion regulations and they are variable in daily communications. The present study aimed to explore factors predicting SC in daily communications of AWS, considering their variabilities and speaking contexts.Method: Twenty-seven AWS were surveyed by trait questionnaires and then by experience sampling method (ESM) seven times per day for 2 weeks, reporting speaking contexts and subjective experiences, including SC, SS, negative/positive emotions, and emotion regulations. Intra- and inter- individual variabilities and relationships of the variables were investigated.Results: Speaking contexts were summarized by unofficial/official communications. SC, SS, and emotion regulations in unofficial communications were less variable and SC was more strongly related to trait questionnaires. Items of the ESM loaded on three latent factors in each communication type, including (1) negative emotion, (2) stuttering and associated reactions (including SS and stuttering-and anxiety-related behaviors and cognitions), and (3) positive emotion and attending to communication. SC was more strongly associated with (3) than (2) in unofficial communications while the opposite trend was found in official communications.Conclusions: SC, SS, and stuttering-and anxiety-related emotion regulations in unofficial communications are more trait-like. Not only negative emotion regulations but also positive emotion regulations should be treated to improve SC in AWS, considering speaking contexts.

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Comparison of social anxiety between Japanese adults who stutter and non-stuttering controls

Cited by 14 publications

References 63 publications

Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample

Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample

Situational factors influencing social anxiety in treatment-seeking adults who stutter: An exploratory factor analysis

Factors predicting satisfaction with communication in daily lives of adults who stutter: An experience sampling study

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