REVIEW ARTICLE
Public Attitudes in Asia Toward Stuttering: A Scoping Review
H. Haryani1, Chu. S.Y1, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 13
First Page: 503
Last Page: 511
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-13-503
DOI: 10.2174/1874944502013010503
Article History:
Received Date: 03/5/2020Revision Received Date: 17/7/2020
Acceptance Date: 18/7/2020
Electronic publication date: 22/09/2020
Collection year: 2020
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background/Objective:
Limited information is available about public attitudes towards stuttering across Asia. This review considers the key factors and approaches used to measure public attitudes towards stuttering across Asia that have previously been published in order to identify potential research gaps.
Methods:
A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) framework.
Results:
A total of nine relevant articles, published between 2001 to 2019, were selected for review. Most of the studies used the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes (POSHA) as a survey tool. This review yielded studies from Turkey, Kuwait, China/Hong Kong, and Japan. Asian public attitudes towards stuttering were less positive in general, except in Kuwait.
Conclusion:
Given that limited research has focused on examining the attitudes towards stuttering among the general public in the Asian region, we call for international collaboration to increase research about public attitudes. Such data could assist speech-language pathologists in developing awareness campaigns for better intervention and increased acceptance of individuals who stutter.