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Prevalence of anxiety disorders among children who stutter
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Purpose Stuttering during adulthood is associated with a heightened rate of anxiety disorders, especially social anxiety disorder. Given the early onset of both anxiety and stuttering, this comorbidity could be present among stuttering children.Method Participants were 75 stuttering children 7-12 years and 150 matched non-stuttering control children. Multinomial and binary logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios for anxiety disorders, and two-sample t-tests compared scores on measures of anxiety and psycho-social difficulties.Results Compared to non-stuttering controls, the stuttering group had six-fold increased odds for social anxiety disorder, seven-fold increased odds for subclinical generalized anxiety disorder, and four-fold increased odds for any anxiety disorder.Conclusion These results show that, as is the case during adulthood, stuttering during childhood is associated with a significantly heightened rate of anxiety disorders. Future research is needed to determine the impact of those disorders on speech treatment outcomes.
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- Authors
- Iverach, L., Jones, M., McLellan, L. F., Lyneham, H. J., Menzies, R. G., Onslow, M., & Rapee, R. M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Iverach, Lisa
- Venue
- Journal of Fluency Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-09
- Volume
- 49
- Pages
- 13-28
- ISSN
- 0094-730X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2496231283
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 84
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 14.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Fluency Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- stuttering, childhood stuttering, anxiety disorders, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, comorbidities, prevalence, children
- MeSH terms
- Phobia, Social, Anxiety Disorders, Australia, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Socioeconomic Factors, Stuttering, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Logistic Models, Case-Control Studies
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