Construct and concurrent validity of a prototype questionnaire to survey public attitudes toward stuttering

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-28

  St Louis, Kenneth O ^a   Reichel, Isabella K ^b   Yaruss, J Scott ^c   Lubker, Bobbie Boyd ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Public opinion; Stereotype; Stuttering; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR ADJECTIVE SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FLUENCY DISORDER; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY OF HUMAN ATTRIBUTES EXPERIMENTAL EDITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STEREOTYPY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUTTERING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUTTERING;

EID: 67349177204     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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