Kawai Norimune, Healey E Charles, Nagasawa Taiko, Vanryckeghem Martine
The Center for Special Needs Education Research and Practice, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, 1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8524, Japan.
J Commun Disord. 2012 Sep-Oct;45(5):348-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.05.004. Epub 2012 Jun 16.
Past research with the Communication Attitude Test (CAT) has shown it to be a valid and reliable instrument for assessing speech-associated attitude of children who stutter (CWS). However, in Japan, the CAT has not been used extensively to examine the communication attitude of CWS. The purpose of this study was to determine if a Japanese version of the CAT could differentiate between the communication attitude of Japanese elementary school CWS and children who do not stutter (CWNS). A Japanese translation of the 1991 version of the Communication Attitude Test-Revised (CAT-R) was used in this study. Eighty Japanese CWS and 80 gender- and grade level-matched CWNS participated in the study. The results showed that CWS had a significantly more negative communication attitude than CWNS. Both CWS and CWNS in 1st grade showed significantly more positive communication attitudes than children in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Furthermore, a link between stuttering severity and CWS' communication attitude was found. Additional research is needed to confirm the results of the current study, which indicate that the communication attitude of Japanese CWS becomes more negative as they get older.
The reader will be able to: (1) Describe the process that was used to develop a Japanese version of the Communication Attitude Test (CAT-J). (2) Discuss attitude differences between Japanese children who stutter and those who do not and how grade level impacts a negative attitude toward communication. (3) Explain the link between stuttering severity and attitudes of Japanese children who stutter.
过去对沟通态度测试（CAT）的研究表明，它是评估口吃儿童（CWS）与言语相关态度的有效且可靠的工具。然而，在日本，CAT尚未被广泛用于研究CWS的沟通态度。本研究的目的是确定CAT的日语版本是否能够区分日本小学口吃儿童和非口吃儿童（CWNS）的沟通态度。本研究使用了1991年版沟通态度测试修订版（CAT-R）的日语翻译。80名日本口吃儿童和80名性别及年级匹配的非口吃儿童参与了本研究。结果表明，口吃儿童的沟通态度明显比非口吃儿童更消极。一年级的口吃儿童和非口吃儿童的沟通态度都明显比二、三、四、五、六年级的儿童更积极。此外，还发现了口吃严重程度与口吃儿童沟通态度之间的联系。需要进一步的研究来证实本研究的结果，即日本口吃儿童的沟通态度会随着年龄的增长而变得更加消极。
读者将能够：（1）描述开发沟通态度测试日语版（CAT-J）所采用的过程。（2）讨论日本口吃儿童和非口吃儿童之间的态度差异，以及年级水平如何影响对沟通的消极态度。（3）解释口吃严重程度与日本口吃儿童态度之间的联系。
