Veerabhadrappa Rakesh Chowkalli, Dhrruvakumar Shubhaganga, Manjunatha Chaithanyanayaka, Sulthana Hani, Maruthy Santosh, St Louis Kenneth O
Department of Speech and Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India.
Department of Speech-Language Sciences, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2025 Jan 7;34(1):261-280. doi: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00204. Epub 2024 Dec 2.
People who stutter experience societal misconceptions and negative stereotypes due to cultural prejudices. The present study aimed to compare attitudes toward stuttering of Indian teachers, students, and members of the public and to further compare their attitudes to comparable samples regionally and internationally.
Five hundred eighteen adults completed the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Stuttering (POSHA-S), translated into Kannada, which was analyzed according to standard protocol. Summary and selected item scores were compared from samples of teachers ( = 125), students ( = 233), and the public ( = 160). Additionally, the scores were compared to those from South Asian samples and an international POSHA-S database.
Teachers in the current study had the most positive stuttering attitudes, followed by the public and then by students. The summary attitude scores obtained by all three groups were more positive attitudes compared to other South Asian samples and either similar to or slightly less positive than the international POSHA-S database average sample rating. Education and income were small but significant predictors of more-or less-positive attitudes, but gender, age, and familiarity with stuttering were not.
While teachers demonstrated a greater understanding of stuttering compared to the public and students, the lack of understanding among the latter groups highlights the need for increased awareness and education about stuttering across various segments of society. Negative social reactions toward stuttering, observed in different cultural contexts, further emphasize the need for awareness about stuttering.
由于文化偏见，口吃者会遭遇社会误解和负面刻板印象。本研究旨在比较印度教师、学生和公众对口吃的态度，并进一步将他们的态度与地区和国际上的可比样本进行比较。
518名成年人完成了翻译成卡纳达语的《人类属性口吃公众意见调查》（POSHA-S），并按照标准方案进行分析。对教师（n = 125）、学生（n = 233）和公众（n = 160）样本的总结得分和选定项目得分进行了比较。此外，还将这些得分与南亚样本和国际POSHA-S数据库的得分进行了比较。
本研究中的教师对口吃的态度最为积极，其次是公众，然后是学生。与其他南亚样本相比，这三组获得的总体态度得分更为积极，与国际POSHA-S数据库平均样本评分相似或略低。教育和收入是或多或少积极态度的小但显著的预测因素，但性别、年龄和对口吃的熟悉程度不是。
虽然教师比公众和学生对口吃有更深入的理解，但后两组缺乏理解凸显了在社会各阶层提高对口吃的认识和教育的必要性。在不同文化背景下观察到的对口吃的负面社会反应，进一步强调了提高对口吃认识的必要性。
