Long Term Effect of a Social Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Stuttering Children and Adults

Ronny Boey

Out of a clinical population of 2000 Dutch speaking stammering children and adults two groups are constructed to study the long term effects of a social cognitive behaviour therapy for stuttering: an experimental group (“with therapy”) and a matched control group (“without therapy”). A stratified research design is set up to measure the post therapy results on stuttering, speech attitude, personality traits, quality of life (outcome). The effect is observed in relation to the pre therapy results and principal variables such as gender, subtype of stuttering, age category (1-6, 7-12, 13-18 and > 18 years) and initial severity of stuttering.