Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, 288 Matsushima, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama, 701-0193, Japan; Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan.
Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan.
J Commun Disord. 2021 Jan-Feb;89:106072. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2020.106072. Epub 2020 Dec 29.
Negative attitudes toward stuttering by people in their work roles have been previously reported. These attitudes could differ depending on whether or not someone knows a person or has been in contact with a person who stutters. This study aimed to elucidate public attitudes toward people who stutter at work.
A web-based questionnaire survey of 730 adults drawn from the general public throughout Japan was conducted. It gathered information on respondents' demographics, contact experience with people who stutter, knowledge of stuttering, and attitudes and experiences toward stuttering at work, using a Likert-type scale. To investigate the factors associated with their attitudes and experiences toward stuttering at work, respondents' demographic information and contact experience were entered into a multivariable model using ordinal logistic regression analysis.
We analyzed the data of 671 respondents, of whom 77.2 % were company employees; 41.3 % knew a person who stutters at their workplace, among their friends, and/or in their family, and 34.7 % had been in the position of hiring any individual. Respondents perceived the employment of people who stutter to be somewhat positive overall. Regression analysis revealed that only the factor of workplace contact experience to be significantly positively associated with the respondents' attitudes toward stuttering. That is, knowing a person who stutters in one's workplace was significantly associated with more positive attitudes.
Previous studies have reported widespread negative public attitudes toward stuttering. Our results can supplement this literature, especially regarding attitudes in the workplace. Our findings suggest that the main factor that is associated with people's positive attitudes is their contact experience with people who stutter in their workplace.
先前有研究报道，人们在工作角色中对口吃的负面态度。这些态度可能因某人是否认识或接触过口吃者而有所不同。本研究旨在阐明公众对口吃者在工作中的态度。
通过网络向日本各地的普通公众中抽取了 730 名成年人进行问卷调查。该问卷使用李克特量表收集了受访者的人口统计学信息、与口吃者的接触经历、对口吃的了解以及对口吃者在工作中的态度和经历。为了调查与他们对口吃者在工作中的态度和经历相关的因素，将受访者的人口统计学信息和接触经历输入到使用有序逻辑回归分析的多变量模型中。
我们分析了 671 名受访者的数据，其中 77.2%是公司员工；41.3%在工作场所、朋友或家人中认识口吃者，34.7%有过招聘任何个人的经历。受访者总体上对口吃者的就业持较为积极的态度。回归分析显示，只有工作场所接触经历这一因素与受访者对口吃的态度显著正相关。也就是说，在工作场所认识口吃者与更积极的态度显著相关。
先前的研究报告称公众对口吃存在普遍的负面态度。我们的结果可以补充这一文献，特别是关于工作场所的态度。我们的发现表明，与人们积极态度相关的主要因素是他们在工作场所与口吃者的接触经历。
