Vanryckeghem Martine, Mukati Samad A
Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2215, USA.
Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2006 Sep-Oct;41(5):583-9. doi: 10.1080/13682820500402457.
In recent years, the importance of a multimodal approach to the assessment of the person who stutters (PWS) has become increasingly recognized. The Behavior Assessment Battery (BAB), which is a normed test procedure developed by G. Brutten, makes it possible to assess the multidimensional facets of this disorder. The emotional and speech-disruptive components that differentiate one who stutters from one who does not (PWNS) are evaluated by means of the Speech Situation Checklist (SSC), their use of behaviours secondary to stuttering are assessed through the Behavior Checklist (BCL) and the person's speech-related attitude is determined via the Communication Attitude Test (CAT). Each of these BAB tests has been shown to be a reliable and valid measure whose obtained normative data are essentially equivalent in Western countries.
Because of the lack of normative data on children from non-Western cultures, the present preliminary study was aimed to investigate if the affective, behavioural and cognitive reports of non-stuttering Pakistani children on the BAB measures are like those of their Western peers.
METHODS & PROCEDURES: Forty-five non-stuttering Pakistani children between the ages of 8 and 11 were administered the SSC, BCL and CAT.
OUTCOMES & RESULTS: As in previous studies, the mean score of the normally fluent children on each of the BAB tests fell into the lower end of the possible distribution of scores. Intercorrelations between the different tests were statistically significant.
Although the BCL and CAT results were similar to those found in Western-based investigations, the emotional reaction and speech disruption scores on the SSC reported by Pakistani children sampled were numerically higher to an extent that is noteworthy. The latter finding suggests that this particular BAB measure might be affected by cultural differences. It points to the possibility that the norms of test procedures, such as the BAB, might not be fully appropriate for use in other than Western cultures.
近年来，多模式评估口吃者（PWS）的重要性日益得到认可。行为评估量表（BAB）是由G. 布鲁滕开发的一种标准化测试程序，它能够评估这种障碍的多个维度。通过言语情境检查表（SSC）评估区分口吃者与非口吃者（PWNS）的情绪和言语干扰成分，通过行为检查表（BCL）评估他们对口吃继发行为的使用情况，并通过沟通态度测试（CAT）确定个体与言语相关的态度。这些BAB测试中的每一项都已被证明是可靠且有效的测量方法，其获得的常模数据在西方国家基本相当。
由于缺乏来自非西方文化儿童的常模数据，本初步研究旨在调查非口吃的巴基斯坦儿童在BAB测量中的情感、行为和认知报告是否与西方同龄人相似。
对45名年龄在8至11岁之间的非口吃巴基斯坦儿童进行了SSC、BCL和CAT测试。
与之前的研究一样，正常流利儿童在每项BAB测试中的平均得分都落在可能得分分布的低端。不同测试之间的相互关联具有统计学意义。
尽管BCL和CAT的结果与西方研究中的结果相似，但抽样的巴基斯坦儿童在SSC上报告的情绪反应和言语干扰得分在数值上明显更高，值得注意。后一项发现表明，这一特定的BAB测量可能受到文化差异的影响。这表明像BAB这样的测试程序规范可能不完全适用于西方文化以外的地区。
