THE PERCEPTIONS OF STUTTERERS BY PEOPLE WHO STUTTER

Twenty-five persons who stutter completed a questionnaire asking respo ndents to list adjectives describing four hypothetical stutterers: a f emale child, male child, female adult and male adult stutterer. The ma jority of reported adjectives concerned negative stereotypical persona lity traits, indicating descriptions of stutterers by a group of perso ns who stutter that were similar to descriptions given by fluent subje ct groups. Implications of these findings are discussed.