Public attitudes toward stuttering in Turkey: Probability versus convenience sampling

Attitudes toward stuttering of nonstuttering preschool and kindergarten children: A comparison using a standard instrument prototype

“…Higher SES scores were associated with more positive attitudes. Additionally, in Turkey, adults' POSHA-S attitudes were less positive in samples with lower education and relative income scores than those with higher education and incomes (Özdemir, St. Louis, & Topbaş , 2011a).…”

Modifying Attitudes of Arab School Teachers Toward Stuttering

“…To provide a more meaningful interpretation of the differences in the participants' pre-and posttreatment responses, we reduced the three original response options ( yes, no and not sure) to two categories: target response (1) versus nontarget response (0). Responses that were recoded as "target" represented accurate, desirable, and more positive ratings according to current consensus regarding stuttering (St. Louis, 2011a). Nontarget responses recoded as 0 consisted of not sure ratings and responses that were more negative, inaccurate, or less desirable.…”

“…For example, people in Nepal, Brazil, Turkey, Bulgaria, Cameroon, and China have been observed to hold more negative attitudes toward people who stutter than persons in North America, Western Europe, and Australia (e.g., Ip, St. Louis, Myers, & An Xue, 2012;Özdemir, St. Louis, & Topbaş, 2011aSt. Louis & Roberts, 2010;Xingming, Jing, Yi-wen, & Van Borsel, 2001).…”

“…Louis, 2012b), readability and resistance to order effects or respondent errors (St. Louis, Lubker, Yaruss, Adkins, & Pill, 2008), translatability (St. Louis, Andrade, Georgieva, & Troudt, 2005;St. Louis & Roberts, 2010), robustness in paper-and-pencil versus online administration (St. Louis, 2012b), sensitivity to probability versus convenience sampling (Özdemir, St. Louis, & Topbaş, 2011a), and equivalence with or without a printed definition of stuttering (St. Louis, 2012b;. In terms of measured attitudes, the POSHA-S has been shown to be sensitive to attempts to modify attitudes (Flynn & St. Louis, 2011;St.…”

Speech pathology student clinician attitudes and beliefs towards people who stutter: A mixed-method pilot study

“…Anglo-Australians were more accepting of stuttering than Chinese individuals (Herr et al, 2003). However, it remains to be ascertained whether attitudes towards stuttering are the result of western values, or religious and cultural influences (Ozdemir, St. Louis, & Topbaş , 2011). Given the global diversity of cross-cultural variation, it is difficult to ascertain the specific characteristics that give rise to stigma associated with stuttering.…”