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Harsukh Educational Charitable Society International Journal of Community Health and Medical Research

Volume 2 Issue 2 April-June 2016

Original Articles

Comparison of Locus of Control Behaviour Scores in Normal and Individuals with stuttering – A new way to Approach Stuttering Disorder for Speech – Language Pathologists
Sachin B. Kumbhar, Dipti Gupta

Background: The important factors that are frequently focused for treatment of stuttering and in research comprises of apparent severity, locus of control, and avoidance. Locus of control behaviour (LCB) is one such scale which is known to distinguish between personality types, that is, internal and external. Thus, the present study aims at investigating the response of individuals with stuttering to the locus of control behaviour scale. Material and Methods: The present study comprised of 70 individuals, 35 Individuals with stuttering (IWS-Group A) and 35 age matched typical individuals (TI-Group B) in the age range of 18-30 years. The 17 item Locus of Control Behaviour (LCB) scale was used for analysis. The mean, SD was calculated and ‘unpaired t-test was used to compare the scores of Locus of Control Behaviour (LCB) scale of TI with scores of IWS. Results: The present study found that there was a significant difference observed between IWS (M= 37.29, SD = 9.28) and typical individuals (M= 20.46, SD = 4.6),9 t (38) = 5.206, p < 0.05. The LCB scores ranged from 25 to 57 for the IWS and that for TI ranged from 13 to 38. Conclusions: The present study concludes that there was a significant difference for the LCB scores between typical individuals and individual with stuttering. LCB can be used as a tool to assess the pre-therapy, during- therapy and post therapy changes in person’s attitude and can act as a tool to predict any chances of relapse in stuttering. Keywords: Speech stuttering; Stuttering assessment; Locus of control behaviour

 
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