Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adults who stutter: Psychosocial adjustment and speech fluency

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-299

  Beilby, Janet M ^a   Byrnes, Michelle L ^b   Yaruss, J Scott ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Psychological flexibility; Psychosocial functioning; Readiness for change; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUTTERING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPEECH; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872406879     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: 1873801X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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