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An Investigation Of The Change In The Self Concept Of Stutterer, Lois Nelson
An Investigation Of The Change In The Self Concept Of Stutterer, Lois Nelson
Masters Theses
Chapter I
The Problem and Its Background
The Problem
It is the purpose of this particular study to investigate through the methodology of Q-technique the self concept of a stutterer and to determine whether having to confront one's self as a stutterer changes that concept. The study, therefore, concerns itself with the changes in the self concept of stutterers produced by altering the judgmental frame of reference. To view the problem adequately we need to survey what is known about the self concept.
An Analysis Of The Effect Of Reserpine On Adult Stutterers, Barbara Anne Mitchell
An Analysis Of The Effect Of Reserpine On Adult Stutterers, Barbara Anne Mitchell
Masters Theses
Chapter I
Introduction
The Purpose of This Study
Sixteen adult subjects, four female and twelve male stutterers, participated in an eleven-weak experiment for the purpose of discovering the affects, if any, of one milligram per day of the drug reserpine on both a stutterer's speech and his attitudes toward stuttering.
A Developmental History of the Drug Reserpine (23:8-40)
Reserpine is a pure crystalline alkaloid of the rauwolfia root commonly found in India, Ceylon, Burma, the Andaman Islands, Java, and Malaya.
The plant is named for Dr. Leohnard Rauwolf of Augsburg, a German botanist, physician, and explorer, who, in a publication …