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dc.contributor.authorCarter, Alice
dc.contributor.authorBreen, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorBeilby, Janet
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-17T06:29:48Z
dc.date.available2019-12-17T06:29:48Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationCarter, A.K. and Breen, L.J. and Beilby, J.M. 2019. Self-efficacy beliefs: Experiences of adults who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders. 60: pp. 11-25.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77348
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jfludis.2019.03.002
dc.description.abstract

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. Purpose: Childhood-onset stuttering is a complex and multifaceted disorder. Intervention for adults who stutter has historically addressed speech fluency more so than psychosocial aspects of the disorder, including the nature of the individual's self-efficacy beliefs concerning their confidence in their capacity to enact change. Self-efficacy is an important construct related to quality of life, resilience, and maintenance of treatment gains for adults who stutter. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the nature of the self-efficacy beliefs expressed by adults who stutter in order to inform efficacious and holistic intervention for these individuals. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 adults who stutter to describe their experiences as a person who stutters and elucidate the nature of their self-efficacy beliefs. Results: Thematic analysis identified several major themes that provided novel insight into the complex nature of the self-efficacy beliefs experienced by adults who stutter: speaker experiences shaped communicative confidence, there was a conflict between communication and fluency, stuttering was viewed as more than fluency, and individual perspectives shaped communicative confidence, as did the pervading influence of self. The notion that fluency and confidence are inextricably linked was evident within and across each major theme. Conclusion: These preliminary findings provide further support for a multidimensional approach to the treatment of adults who stutter. Findings will be used to inform a novel integrated fluency and psychosocial intervention for adults who stutter that addresses fluency and self-efficacy concurrently, with a view of engendering durable improvements in speech fluency and communicative confidence.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectSocial Sciences
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectAudiology & Speech-Language Pathology
dc.subjectEducation, Special
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.subjectRehabilitation
dc.subjectEducation & Educational Research
dc.subjectChildhood-onset stuttering
dc.subjectQualitative research
dc.subjectSelf-efficacy
dc.subjectConfidence
dc.subjectPsychosocial
dc.subjectQUALITY-OF-LIFE
dc.subjectCOMMITMENT THERAPY
dc.subjectSOCIAL ANXIETY
dc.subjectRESILIENCE
dc.subjectACCEPTANCE
dc.subjectINTERVIEWS
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSTROKE
dc.titleSelf-efficacy beliefs: Experiences of adults who stutter
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume60
dcterms.source.startPage11
dcterms.source.endPage25
dcterms.source.issn0094-730X
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Fluency Disorders
dc.date.updated2019-12-17T06:29:48Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
curtin.departmentSchool of Occ Therapy, Social Work and Speech Path
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidBeilby, Janet [0000-0002-7439-5514]
curtin.contributor.orcidBreen, Lauren [0000-0002-0463-0363]
curtin.contributor.researcheridBreen, Lauren [B-8746-2013]
dcterms.source.eissn1873-801X
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridBeilby, Janet [24174131500]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridBreen, Lauren [22633437500]


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