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Disclosure Of Stuttering And Quality Of Life In People Who Stutter, Michael Boyle, Kathryn M. Milewski, Carolina Beita-Ell

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Purpose: This study investigated the disclosure practices of people who stutter, and the relationship between disclosure of stuttering and quality of life. Method: Participants were 322 adults who stutter recruited from speech-language pathologists and support group leaders. Participants completed a survey that contained items measuring level of disclosure of stuttering, as well as a global measure of self-rated quality of life. Participants were grouped into low, average, and high quality of life subgroups. Analysis of variance tests compared disclosure levels among these subgroups. Results: The low quality of life subgroup reported significantly lower levels of disclosure compared to both the …