The impact of presentation mode and disfluency on judgments about speakers

Author(s): Wegener, J. G., Hart, K. J.

Journal/Book: J Fluency Disord. 1996; 21: 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010. Elsevier Science Publ Co Inc. 147-159.

Abstract: Previous research examining attitudes toward stutterers has relied on impressions of hypothetical speakers. The present study evaluated whether individuals assign personality traits differently to (1) an individual who exhibited stuttering versus fluent speech behaviors, (2) a disfluent individual when presented live versus via audiotape recording, and (3) a disfluent speaker as a function of rater gender. A semantic differential assessing attitudes toward stuttering was completed by 158 raters. Results indicated that (1) the speaker in the disfluent condition was not judged to have less favorable personality traits than in the fluent condition, (2) more favorable personality traits were assigned to the disfluent speaker when presented in the live versus the audiotape condition, and (3) there were no differences in trait assignment by rater gender.

Note: Article JG Wegener, Cincinnati Speech & Hearing Ctr, 3021 Vernon Pl, Cincinnati, OH 45219 USA

Keyword(s): VOCAL ATTRACTIVENESS STEREOTYPE; PERCEPTIONS; STUTTERERS; ATTITUDES; STUDENTS; NONSTUTTERERS; CLINICIANS; DISORDERS

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