The Peer Attitudes Toward Children who Stutter scale: Reliability, known groups validity, and negativity of elementary school-age children's attitudes

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-86

  Langevin, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Children; Known groups validity; Students; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER ATTITUDES TOWARD CHILDREN WHO STUTTER SCALE; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUTTERING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUTTERING;

EID: 68549117016     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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