Social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation and safety behavior among those that stutter and those that do not stutter
Year: 2019
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Stuttering usually begins in childhood with a prevalence approximated to be 1% of the world population. The goal of the present study was to examine if Icelanders who stutter report more anxiety social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation and use of safety behavior than those that do not stutter and to examine gender differences and negative cognition among those that stutter. Participants, recruited through Facebook and the website stam.is were 63 and 102 individuals that did and did not stutter respectively. The main findings were that individuals that stutter reported more social and trait anxiety than non-stuttering individuals. Among individuals that stutter higher levels of negative thoughts about stuttering, fear of negative evaluation and use of safety behavior were associated with higher levels on state, trait and social anxiety. Lastly, women who stutter had higher levels of social and trait anxiety which may be due to their higher levels of negative cognitions about stuttering and use of safety behaviors. These findings indicate that it is important to apply interventions that reduce negative cognitions (i.e. negative thoughts about stuttering and fear of negative evaluations) and teach individuals to replace their coping method of using safety behaviors with more efficient coping skills.
Source: Skemman
Author: Þóra Lilja Bergmann 1995-
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7052566449