Department of Speech-Language Sciences, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India,
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2021;73(2):126-133. doi: 10.1159/000505423. Epub 2020 Feb 4.
A large body of evidence suggests that the Communication Attitude Test (CAT) is a reliable and valid tool for assessing the speech-associated attitude of school-age children who stutter (CWS).
The purpose of the present study was to adapt and validate the CAT for the Kannada-speaking school-age CWS.
The original version of the CAT was forward- and back-translated by the first author. The Communication Attitude Test Kannada (CAT-K) was then administered to 293 children who do not stutter (CWNS) and 100 CWS. All children were native speakers of the Kannada language and were between the ages of 7 and 14 years. The Stuttering Severity Instrument-fourth edition (SSI-4) was used to estimate the severity of stuttering.
The data revealed that, in comparison to CWNS, the CWS' mean CAT-K score was significantly higher, and a significant effect of stuttering severity and age on mean attitude scores was observed. In addition, results showed that the CAT-K is a reliable and valid test.
The findings suggest the presence of a negative attitude in Kannada-speaking CWS and that the CAT-K is a useful tool in the assessment of Kannada school-age CWS. Given the need for speech-language pathologists to address a speech-associated negative attitude in CWS, incorporating the CAT-K as part of the diagnostic assessment of stuttering is valuable.
大量证据表明，沟通态度测试（CAT）是评估口吃儿童（CWS）言语相关态度的可靠、有效的工具。
本研究旨在将 CAT 适用于卡纳达语的 CWS 群体，并对其进行验证。
由第一作者对 CAT 的原始版本进行了正向和反向翻译。然后，向 293 名不口吃的儿童（CWNS）和 100 名 CWS 发放了卡纳达语沟通态度测试（CAT-K）。所有儿童均为卡纳达语母语者，年龄在 7 至 14 岁之间。使用口吃严重程度量表第四版（SSI-4）来估计口吃的严重程度。
数据显示，与 CWNS 相比，CWS 的平均 CAT-K 分数明显更高，并且口吃严重程度和年龄对平均态度分数有显著影响。此外，结果表明 CAT-K 是一种可靠且有效的测试。
研究结果表明，卡纳达语 CWS 存在消极态度，CAT-K 是评估卡纳达语学龄 CWS 的有用工具。鉴于言语语言病理学家需要解决 CWS 的言语相关的消极态度，将 CAT-K 纳入口吃的诊断评估中是有价值的。
