Locus of control orientation of stutterers and nonstutterers

The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the Speech Locus of Control scale (SP-LOC) to determine if stutterers differed from nonstutterers in their general locus of control and their speech-specific locus of control. Subjects were 21 adult stutterers and 21 adult nonstutterers. The co...

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Published in:	Journal of fluency disorders 1988-04, Vol.13 (2), p.97-106
Main Authors:	McDonough, Alanna (Neilsen), Quesal, Robert W.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adult and adolescent clinical studies Biological and medical sciences language Medical sciences psycholinguistics Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry speech and language pathology Speech Locus of Control Scale (SP-LOC) stuttering
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Summary:	The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the Speech Locus of Control scale (SP-LOC) to determine if stutterers differed from nonstutterers in their general locus of control and their speech-specific locus of control. Subjects were 21 adult stutterers and 21 adult nonstutterers. The construct validity of the SP-LOC was assessed by correlating subjects scores on the SP-LOC with measures of anxiety, communication attitude, extraversion, and neuroticism. Results of the study indicate that there is preliminary evidence for the validity of the SP-LOC scale, based on relatively low correlations between the SP-LOC and the other measures. However, there was a high correlation between the SP-LOC measure and the Erickson S24 scale of communication attitude. Further research is necessary to determine if the SP-LOC scale is measuring a different construct than attitude and if there are additional factors that are related to speech locus of control.
ISSN:	0094-730X 1873-801X