Life experiences of people who stutter, and the perceived impact of stuttering on quality of life: Personal accounts of South African individuals

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-305

  Klompas, Michelle ^a   Ross, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Life experiences; Quality of life; South Africa; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL LIFE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TEACHER; ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPEECH THERAPY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; STUTTERING; TEACHING;

EID: 20044367708     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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