Self-esteem and anxiety in stuttering children and attitude of their parents

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Objective: To evaluate anxiety and self-esteem in children who stutter compared to a control sample and to describe parental attitudes.Methods: Employing a cross-sectional study, participants included 49 children who stutter and 53 controls.We have administred the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coopersmith self-esteem Inventory (the school form) to evaluate respectively anxiety symptoms and self-esteem.We have also examined parental attitudes.Results: Compared with controls, the stuttering group showed higher levels in anxiety state (p=0.001) and anxiety trait (p=0.01).Children who stutter had also a significant low self-esteem in the general domain (p=0.01)and in academic domain (p=0.04).Negative parental attitudes were significantly associated to anxiety and to poor self-esteem.Conclusions: Stuttering appears to be associated with a heightened risk for the development of anxiety and low self-esteem.Indeed, misguided parental attitudes are risk factors for anxiety and low self-esteem.These results highlight the need for mutidisciplinary approaches on stuttering treatment including speech therapy, child psychology care and parental guidance.

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