Social anxiety of children and adults who stutter
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This paper presents an overview of contemporary investigations of social anxiety of children and adults who stutter. The aim is to encourage development of writings in our language, about this, much studied topic. The modern definition of social anxiety is given - its prevalence, understanding of the formation period, and the instruments used for examination. Empirical research of social anxiety of children and adolescents who stutter do not give consistent results. Because of frequent denial of its existence, techniques that would deal with social anxiety, under the treatment of stuttering, are not developed. Most of the studies detected increased level of social anxiety in adult individuals who stutter, although the relationship between these two disorders remain under examined. It is implying that the long - term stuttering stimulate the development of social anxiety. Also, the paper deals with the treatment of social anxiety in adults who stutter. Some of the cognitive - behavioral techniques that are commonly in use are shown. The paper points to the need for further development of diagnostic and psychotherapeutic techniques that could be used in the treatment of social anxiety that accompanies this speech disorder.
Author: Dimoski, Sanja
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7071542966