{"id":1885,"date":"2021-02-17T14:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srg.ugent.be\/publication\/temperament-and-the-impact-of-stuttering-in-children-aged-8-14-years\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:59:23","slug":"temperament-and-the-impact-of-stuttering-in-children-aged-8-14-years","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/srg.ugent.be\/nl\/publication\/temperament-and-the-impact-of-stuttering-in-children-aged-8-14-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Temperament and the impact of stuttering in children aged 8\u201314 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kurt Eggers , Sharon Millard and Elaine Kelman<\/h2>\n

\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=””]Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate possible associations between child-and mother-reported temperament, stuttering severity, and child-reported impact of stuttering in school-age children who stutter.<\/p>\n

Method: Participants were 123 children who stutter (94 boys and 29 girls) who were between 9;0 and 14;10 (years;months) and their mothers. Temperament was assessed with the revised child and parent version of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised (Ellis & Rothbart, 2001). The Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (Yaruss & Quesal, 2006) was used to evaluate the stuttering impact.<\/p>\n

Results: Child-and mother-reported Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised temperament factors correlated moderately. No statistically significant associations were found between temperament and stuttering severity. The temperament factors of Surgency (both child-and mother reported) and Negative Affect (only child-reported) correlated moderately with the Overall Impact and several subsections (i.e., Speaker’s Reactions, Daily Communication, and\/or Quality of Life) of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering.<\/p>\n

Conclusions: More extraverted and less fearful\/shy children experience a lower overall impact of their stuttering. Children with higher levels of irritability and frustration experience a higher overall impact of their stuttering. Since children’s ratings of temperament were more sensitive to these associations than mothers, this study supports the inclusion of child-reported temperament questionnaires in future research.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”Download” css=”” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1044%2F2020_jslhr-20-00095|title:About%20us|target:_blank|”][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”prevnext”]