A Brief Version of the Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering Scales: The UTBAS-6.
In: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, Jg. 59 (2016-10-01), Heft 5, S. 964
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Purpose: A significant proportion of adults who stutter experience anxiety in social and speaking situations. The Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering (UTBAS) scales provide a comprehensive measure of the unhelpful cognitions associated with social anxiety in stuttering. However, reducing the number of UTBAS items would make it ideal as a brief screening instrument. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop a brief version of the full UTBAS scales.
Method: The 66-item UTBAS scales were completed by 337 adults who stutter. Item reduction was used to determine a smaller set of items that could adequately reproduce the total score for each full UTBAS scale.
Results: Item reduction resulted in the inclusion of six items for the brief UTBAS-6 scales. Decile ranges for scores on the brief UTBAS-6 provide reliable estimates of the full UTBAS scores and valuable clinical information about whether a psychological assessment is warranted.
Conclusions: The brief UTBAS-6 provides a reliable and efficient means of screening the unhelpful thoughts and beliefs associated with speech-related anxiety among adults who stutter. Referral for a psychological assessment is recommended in cases where the UTBAS total score falls in or above the fifth decile.
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A Brief Version of the Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering Scales: The UTBAS-6.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Iverach, L ; Heard, R ; Menzies, R ; Lowe, R ; O'Brian, S ; Packman, A ; Onslow, M |
Zeitschrift: | Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, Jg. 59 (2016-10-01), Heft 5, S. 964 |
Veröffentlichung: | Rockville, MD : American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, c1997-, 2016 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1558-9102 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1044/2016_JSLHR-S-15-0167 |
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