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ArticlePloS one2023

Predictors of public attitudes in Saudi Arabia toward people who stutter.

Nisreen Naser Al Awaji, Reem Fouzan Alfouzan, Afnan Razen Almutairi, Eman M Mortada

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. An Exploratory Comparison of Attitudes toward Stuttering and Cluttering of Chinese Practicing Speech and Language Therapists and SLT Students.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nisreen Naser Al AwajiDepartment of Health Communication Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1853-0398
Reem Fouzan AlfouzanFormerly of Department of Health Communication Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Afnan Razen AlmutairiFormerly of Department of Health Communication Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eman M MortadaDepartment of Health Sciences, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Stuttering (POSHA-S) was used to measure the attitudes of the general population in Saudi Arabia toward people who stutter (PWS) and to identify the predictors of the overall stuttering score (OSS).

methodA total of 404 adults from Saudi Arabia (16.8% male and 83.2% female) completed an online POSHA-S questionnaire.

resultsThe attitudes of adults in Saudi Arabia were similar to those of other samples worldwide. Working status, income, and multilingualism were substantial predictors of the OSS.

conclusionSaudi adults have positive impressions, beliefs, and self-reactions to PWS. However, their knowledge of stuttering tends to be limited. Therefore, campaigns conducted to raise awareness of stuttering should adopt the most widely used sources of knowledge in the Saudi Arabian community (i.e., the Internet and social media). Sociodemographic variables predictive of positive versus negative OSS include working status and multilingualism. Unpredictive variables, that do not predict positive versus negative OSS, include age, gender, education, parental status, health, abilities, and income.

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Public OpinionStutteringAdultAttitudeEducational StatusFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleSaudi ArabiaSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID38127923
PMCPMC10734922
OpenAlexW4390046442

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