An exploratory factor analysis of action responses to stuttering anticipation

Eric S Jackson; Naomi H Rodgers; Derek B Rodgers

doi:10.1016/j.jfludis.2019.03.001

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An exploratory factor analysis of action responses to stuttering anticipation

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An exploratory factor analysis of action responses to stuttering anticipation

Eric S Jackson, Naomi H Rodgers and Derek B Rodgers

Journal of fluency disorders, Vol.60, pp.1-10

06/2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2019.03.001

PMID: 30875585

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Abstract

We previously introduced theStuttering Anticipation Scale (SAS; Jackson, E. S., Gerlach, H., Rodgers, N. H., & Zebrowski, P. M. (2018). My Client Knows That He's About to Stutter: How Can We Address Stuttering Anticipation during Therapy with Young People Who Stutter? Seminars in Speech and Language, 39, 356-370) - a non-standardized self-report measure for children, teens, and adults who stutter (CWS, TWS, AWS) that quantifies how often they engage in 25 commonly reported action responses to anticipation. The purpose of this study was to leverage the SAS to explore the factor structure of action responses to stuttering anticipation. A total of 121 people who stutter completed the SAS online (27 CWS, 40 TWS, 54 AWS). We used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to determine the underlying latent variables within the 25 SAS items that characterize how people who stutter respond to anticipation. A three-factor model was most appropriate for the data with regard to factor loadings and other model fit indices. The three factors were named: avoidance (17 items), physical change (4 items), and approach (4 items). Understanding these three types of action responses to anticipation can help guide clinical decision-making by providing a novel framework for clinicians and their clients who stutter to discuss how the client tends to respond to anticipation, and explore ways to facilitate productive responses to anticipation.

Adolescent

Adult

Anticipation, Psychological

Anxiety - etiology

Child

Child, Preschool

Factor Analysis, Statistical

Female

Humans

Language

Male

Models, Psychological

Psychological Tests

Speech

Stuttering - psychology

Stuttering - therapy

Details

Title: Subtitle: An exploratory factor analysis of action responses to stuttering anticipation
Creators: Eric S Jackson - Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Naomi H Rodgers - University of Iowa
Derek B Rodgers - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of fluency disorders, Vol.60, pp.1-10
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2019.03.001
PMID: 30875585
NLM abbreviation: J Fluency Disord
ISSN: 0094-730X
eISSN: 1873-801X
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000001, name: the National Science Foundation, award: 1513770
Language: English
Date published: 06/2019
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Center for Social Science Innovation; Teaching and Learning
Record Identifier: 9984277458702771

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