Reliability, validity, and normative investigation of the Persian version of the Communication Attitude Test for Adults Who Stutter (BigCAT).


Journal

Applied neuropsychology. Adult
ISSN: 2327-9109
Titre abrégé: Appl Neuropsychol Adult
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101584082

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
pubmed: 6 11 2018
medline: 29 9 2020
entrez: 4 11 2018
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The purpose of this study was to establish normative and psychometric data for the Persian version of the Communication Attitude Test for Adults who Stutter (BigCAT) and to determine if there is a significant difference between the speech-associated attitude of Persian stuttering adults and their nonstuttering peers. The Persian BigCAT was administered to 90 people who stutter (PWS) and 90 people who do not stutter (PWNS). After the translation of the test and its equalization to Persian Language, content validity was determined by the opinions of experts. Then, the criterion validity with Erickson S24's test of communication attitude was determined in people who stutter. The reliability was examined using Kuder-Richardson coefficient and test-retest correlations. The results showed that the mean BigCAT score of PWS was significantly higher than that of PWNS (

Identifiants

pubmed: 30388892
doi: 10.1080/23279095.2018.1480482
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

44-48

Auteurs

Vahid Valinejad (V)

Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of speech therapy, Tehran university of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.

Fariba Yadegari (F)

Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Martine Vanryckeghem (M)

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.

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