Effects of perceived causality on perceptions of persons who stutter

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-218

  Boyle, Michael P ^a   Blood, Gordon W ^a   Blood, Ingrid M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Causality; Stereotypes; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPY; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUTTERING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VIGNETTE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUTTERING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649100303     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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