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By Susan Block, Ph.D.
Social anxiety (i.e. anxiety arising in social encounters) cannot be overlooked in the management of chronic stuttering. The evidence for a relationship between anxiety and stuttering is considerable. Adults who stutter have reported high levels of trait, state, and social anxiety on standard measurement instruments (Hancock & Craig, 1998; Kraaimaat, Janssen, & Vandambaggen, 1991). Those who stutter appear to experience higher than normal levels of anxiety, independent of speech. A recent, large-scale population study of Australians (Craig, Hancock, Tran, & Craig, 2003) found trait anxiety levels to be higher in stuttering participants than in controls.
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