A Review of Assessment Tests for the Attitude of Non-Stuttering People

Stuttering is a multidimensional disorder, in which, should be paid attention to speech-related attitudinal reactions alongside speech disfluency. These perceived negative attitudes from the environment play an important role in the formation and persistence of speech disorders, which cause problems in generalizing and stabilizing the treatment of people with stuttering. Therefore, public awareness of these attitudes towards stuttering and trying to change the communication environment greatly help to reduce the severity of stuttering and improve affected people's quality of life. The purpose of this study is to primarily introduce the tests for assessment of the attitude towards stuttering in non-stuttering people.

For complete access to the tools reviewing the non-stuttering people's attitude towards in non-stuttering people, Google, SID, Iranmedex, Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, and related theses were searched.

Twelve tests were found on assessment of the non-stuttering individual's attitude towards stuttering. These tests were related to assessing the attitudes of parents, teachers, peers and therapists. Significant points from these tests were also explained.

According to the results of the present article, the listener's attitude can have a great impact on the perception of the stuttering person, the formation of negative attitudes and the factors in the persistence or increase of stuttering intensity. Therefore, increasing public awareness and changing attitudes, and especially greater attention paid by therapists to these issues in the treatment process, need more attention.