Stutterers' self-acceptance and perceived parental acceptance.

Abstract

The Hilden Q sort was administered to 110 white students attending 10 junior high schools. The SS members of the control group were matched with the stutterers in the experimental group for age, sex, IQ, grade, school, and socioeconomic level. Stutterers were less self-accepting than nonstutterers and perceived their parents to be less accepting of them. No significant difference was found between perceived maternal and paternal acceptance for either group.Stuttering may be a neurotic symptom fulfilling psychosexual needs (Fenichel, 1945; Glauber, 19S8). Alternatively, stuttering may be a communication disorder resulting from the subjection of a biologically predisposed organism to particular kinds of environmental stress (Bluemel, 1957;West, 1958). Stuttering may also be thought of as a complex of reactions to normal nonfluency triggered by environmental pressures only (Johnson, 1959). Whatever their basic theoretical persuasions, however, authorities concede that stuttering must be related in part to psychosocial factors. Otherwise it would be impossible to explain the variability of stuttering (Bloodstein, 1949) or its absence in certain cultures (Bullen, 1945;Snidecor, 1947). Goodstein and Dahlstrom (1956) reported that the parents of stutterers, when tested on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), do not appear to be malad-1 This article is based on a portion of a doctoral dissertation completed at Teachers College, Columbia University, under the sponsorship of Edward D. Mysak, chairman of the dissertation committee. Donald E. Super and Robert L. Thorndike served as committee members. Rosedith Sitgreaves provided important statistical consultation and Manuel Cynamon of Brooklyn College programmed some of the data for IBM analysis. The author is indebted to them for their time and help.

Selbstwert von stotternden Kindern und Jugendlichen – Einfluss auf Sprechverhalten und Erleben von Stottern

“…Untersuchungen von Fielder und Wepman [ 16 ] , Wallen [ 17 ] , Gildston [ 18 ] und Pukacova [ 19 ] , weisen auf Unterschiede zwischen stotternden und nicht stotternden Kindern und Jugendlichen im Bereich Selbstwert, Selbstkonzept und Selbstakzeptanz hin. Andere Studien, etwa die von Kalinowski, Lerman und Watt [ 20 ] , Yovetisch [ 21 ] und Blood [ 2 ] legen nahe, dass es keine oder nur geringfügige Unterschiede im Selbstwert, der Selbstakzeptanz oder dem Selbstbild von stotternden und nicht stotternden Kindern und Jugendlichen gibt.…”

Action and Reaction in Labelling the Stutterer: Reviewing Our Responsibility

“…Since stutterers are generally less self-accepting than their matched peers (Gildston, 1967), educators and parents should become more aware of the importance of a stable self-concept in the stutterer as a necessary precursor to change. The " self-concept is primarily learned from experience with significant others " and ' I provides a screen through which everything else is seen, heard, evaluated, and understood" (Combs, Avila and Purkey, 1971, pp.…”

“…And so it becomes our responsibility as " significant others " not to prematurely label a nonfluent child either directly or indirectly by our emotional reactions. The emotions, behaviours and attitudes adopted by the nonfluent child will be coloured by his perceived acceptance or non-acceptance in his given social context (Gildston, 1967).…”