Locus of Control Comparison in Adults Who Stutter and Who Do not Stutter

Locus of control (LOC) orientation is one of the personality traits that have been found to be important for adults who stutter (AWS) in terms of treatment outcome and its predictive value on maintenance of treatment gains. Due to its culturally sensitive nature, we aimed to compare AWS with adults who do not stutter (AWNS) in Turkey. We also examined LOC score differences in terms of treatment-related conditions and self-help support group (SHSG) participation among AWS. The participants completed Rotter’s Internal-External LOC (I-E LOC) Scale and a participant information form. These forms were combined into a single electronic format and sent to the participants recruited through convenience sampling. SHSG participants were reached via their official social media account. Group differences were examined using descriptive and inferential statistics. No statistically significant difference was observed between AWS and AWNS. SHSG participation, treatment involvement and other treatment-related conditions did not yield statistically significant I-E LOC score differences among AWS subgroups, either. General LOC measurement might not be suitable for examining treatment-related group differences in AWS as none of our observations produced statistically significant results. Self-efficacy or speech-related LOC measurements can be used to expand current literature in this cultural setting. This study has potential clinical implications while working with AWS.

控制点定位（LOC）取向是众多对治疗结果及其维持治疗成效的预测价值至关重要的个性特征之一，特别是在成年口吃者（AWS）群体中。鉴于其文化敏感性，本研究旨在对比土耳其的AWS与不口吃的成年人（AWNS）。此外，我们还考察了AWS群体在治疗相关条件及自我帮助支持小组（SHSG）参与度方面的LOC得分差异。参与者完成了Rotter的内-外控制点定位（I-E LOC）量表及一份参与者信息表。这些表格被合并为单一电子格式，并通过便利抽样招募的参与者发送。SHSG参与者则通过其官方社交媒体账户进行联系。我们采用描述性和推理性统计学方法对组间差异进行了考察。在AWS与AWNS之间未观察到具有统计学意义的差异。SHSG参与度、治疗参与度及其他治疗相关条件在AWS亚组中也没有产生具有统计学意义的I-E LOC得分差异。总体而言，LOC测量可能不适合用于检验AWS群体中的治疗相关组间差异，因为我们的观察中没有任何一项产生了具有统计学意义的成果。自我效能或与言语相关的LOC测量可以用于扩展当前在这一文化背景下的文献。本研究在为AWS提供临床服务方面具有潜在的实践意义。