SUBJECTIVE ANXIETY MEASUREMENTS AND CORTISOL RESPONSES IN ADULTS WHO STUTTER

Anxiety, as measured by self-report inventories and salivary cortisol levels, was examined in 11 males who stutter and 11 males who do not s tutter during baseline, low stress, and high stress sessions. During t he high stress session salivary cortisol was significantly greater in persons who stutter than in persons who do not stutter. No significant differences were found between the two groups on the State Anxiety In ventory, Trait-Anxiety Inventory, or the Personal Report of Communicat ion Apprehension. Significant differences in anxiety levels among the baseline, low stress, and high stress sessions for both groups of subj ects were found for the State-Anxiety Inventory. No other significant differences or relationships were found between the two groups.