AbstractResearch with the Communication Attitude Test and a Dutch translation (C.A.T.-D.) has shown that, from age 6 to 14, children who stutter show significantly more malattitudes toward speech than nonstutterers. Investigations also have shown that the test procedure has inter-item reliability and items that correlate significantly with the total score. Yet to be determined, however, is the C.A.T.'s test-retest reliability and its sensitivity to attitudinal change. To determine this, forty-four Dutch speaking Belgian grade-schoolers responded to the questionnaire's items on three separate occasions. The test was re-administered again 1 and 12 weeks later. The reliability coefficients for the subjects' test scores following a hiatus of 1, 11 and 12 weeks was +.83, +.81 and +.76, respectively. These statistically significant correlations show that the speech- associated attitudes of the stuttering children were positionally stable. Over a 1 week period their attitudes also evidenced absolute stability. However, with respect to the test's sensitivity, the significant absolute mean differences following an 11 and 12 week time period suggest that the test is capable of reflecting a change in speech-associated attitudes.

    ZusammenfassungOnderzoek met de Communication Attitude Test en een Nederlandstalige versie (C.A.T.-D.) heeft aangetoond dat kinderen die stotteren significant meer negatieve attitudes ten opzichte van spreken vertonen dan niet stotteraars, en dit vanaf de leeftijd van 6 tot 14 jaar. De testprocedure heeft ook bewezen intern betrouwbaar te zijn en significant te correleren met de totaalscore. Nog te bepalen echter, is de C.A.T.'s test-hertest betrouwbaarheid en zijn gevoeligheid voor veranderingen in attitude. Ten einde dit te bepalen, werden de items van de vragenlijst beantwoord door 44 Nederlandssprekende Belgische schoolkinderen. Dit gebeurde op 3 verschillende momenten. Na de initiele testafname werd de test nogmaals afgenomen 1 week en 12 weken later. De betrouwbaarheidscoefficient voor de testscores met een hiatus van 1, 11 en 12 weken was respectievelijk +.83, +.81 en +.76. Deze statistisch significante resultaten tonen aan dat de spraakgeassocieerde attitudes van stotterende kinderen positioneel stabiel zijn. Wat betreft de gevoeligheid van de test: de significante absolute verschillen in de gemiddelden over een periode tot 3 maand suggereren dat de test geschikt is voor het weergeven van veranderingen in attitudes geassocieerd met het spreken.


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    The communication attitude test: A test-retest reliability investigation


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    1993-01-01


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    14 pages




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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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