Lawson R, Pring T, Fawcus M
Department of Clinical Communication Studies, City University, London, UK.
Eur J Disord Commun. 1993;28(3):299-308. doi: 10.3109/13682829309060042.
Two studies examined attitude changes to communication by stutterers during short intensive courses. The Perceptions of Stuttering Inventory was used to monitor change. As the experimental hypothesis anticipated, change was most clearly seen in the avoidance items of the inventory. In both studies these showed significantly greater positive change than either the struggle or expectancy items. Moreover, positive changes were only found during the period of the course; no positive changes were found for any scales during the month prior to or after the course. The findings justified the use of short courses to change the attitudes of stutterers and suggested that they may be used in conjunction with other approaches which seek to influence fluency directly. An attempt to relate the changes in attitude to changes in speech over the short period of the course was unsuccessful.
两项研究调查了口吃者在短期强化课程中对沟通态度的变化。使用口吃感知量表来监测变化。正如实验假设所预期的，变化在量表的回避项目中最为明显。在两项研究中，这些项目的积极变化都显著大于挣扎或预期项目。此外，积极变化仅在课程期间出现；在课程前一个月或课程后一个月，任何量表都未发现积极变化。这些发现证明了使用短期课程来改变口吃者态度的合理性，并表明它们可与其他直接影响流畅性的方法结合使用。试图将态度变化与课程短时间内的言语变化联系起来的尝试未成功。
