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

Abstract

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.

Validity and utility of the Japanese version of the brief unhelpful thoughts and beliefs about stuttering scale: UTBAS-6-J

“…Stuttering in languages other than English has not been well studied ( Ujihara et al, 2011 ). Regardless of the language, however, social anxiety is well-documented to be associated with stuttering ( Craig and Tran, 2014 ; Iverach and Rapee, 2014 ; Khaled et al, 2022 ; Tomisato et al, 2022 ). The English version of the brief UTBAS-6 provides a reliable and efficient way to assess unhelpful thoughts and beliefs associated with speech-related anxiety in PWS ( Iverach et al, 2016a ).…”

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“…Stuttering in languages other than English has not been well studied (Ujihara et al, 2011). Regardless of the language, however, social anxiety is well-documented to be associated with stuttering (Craig and Tran, 2014;Iverach and Rapee, 2014;Khaled et al, 2022;Tomisato et al, 2022). The English version of the brief UTBAS-6 provides a reliable and efficient way to assess unhelpful thoughts and beliefs associated with speech-related anxiety in PWS (Iverach et al, 2016a).…”