Self-efficacy scaling by adult stutterers
Abstract
A scale was developed for estimating adult stutterers' confidence for entering and maintaining fluency in a variety of speaking situations. This Self-Efficacy Scale for Adult Stutterers (SESAS) was administered to 20 adult stutterers along with the shortened form of the Erickson Scale of Communication Attitudes and the Perceptions of Stuttering Inventory. Twenty nonstuttering adults were also given the SESAS the self-efficacy scores significantly differentiated between stutterers and nonstutterers. SESAS scores were correlated with the Erickson Scale (-0.71) and the Perceptions of Stuttering Inventory (-0.52). A correlation of -0.51 was found for SESAS scores and stutterers' self-ratings of severity. Test-retest reliability for the SESAS averaged 0.89. The results suggest that with continued development, self-efficacy scaling may be a useful technique for measuring one aspect of change during treatment.
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Adolescents and adults who stutter exhibit reduced levels of self-efficacy in communication relative to individuals who do not stutter.
“Previous studies have demonstrated that both adolescents (Manning, 1994) and adults (Ornstein & Manning, 1985) who stutter exhibit reduced levels of self-efficacy in commu nication relative to individuals who do not stutter.”
From Speaking face-to-face with a virtual avatar to reduce anxiety in students who stutter: Tool development and pilot study results. (2026) · cites this paper as Ornstein & Manning, 1985
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- Authors
- Ornstein, A. F., & Manning, W. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Memphis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Manning, Walter H.
- Venue
- Journal of Communication Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1985-08
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 313-320
- ISSN
- 0021-9924 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2050633151
- Cited by
- 93
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
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- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Communication Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Voice and Speech Disorders
- Keywords
- self-efficacy, stuttering, adults who stutter, communication attitudes, stuttering severity, treatment outcome assessment, test-retest reliability
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Attitude, Female, Humans, Male, Social Behavior, Speech, Stuttering
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