Much research has suggested that those who stutter are likely to be anxious. However, to
date, little research on this topic has addressed the role of expectancies of harm in anxiety …

Purpose Adults who stutter have heightened rates of anxiety disorders, particularly social
anxiety disorder, compared with non-stuttering controls. However, the timing of anxiety onset …

Stuttering is a chronic condition involving involuntary disruption to speech fluency. While
elevated social anxiety has been found to be a risk factor for adults who have stuttered all …

Anxiety and emotional reactions have a central role in many theories of stuttering, for
example that persons who stutter would tend to have an emotionally sensitive temperament …

Objective The authors evaluated features of social anxiety in a group of adult stutterers to
explore the soundness of the DSM-IV requirement that social phobia not be diagnosed in …

Purpose Stuttering during adulthood is associated with a heightened rate of anxiety
disorders, especially social anxiety disorder. Given the early onset of both anxiety and …

Purpose Stuttering can cause wide ranging psychosocial impact. This is particularly the case
for adolescents who may face additional physical, emotional and personality changes as …

The relationship between self-reported anxiety and stuttering was explored. Although
previous research has mostly shown that persons who stutter are no more anxious than …

Anxiety is a complex psychological construct said to involve three components, namely the
verbal-cognitive, behavioral, and physiological (see Marks, 1987). The most widely used …

Background: In an initial validation study, the Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About
Stuttering (UTBAS I) scale, demonstrated excellent psychometric properties as a self-report …