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Implicit Versus Explicit Attitudes of the Public Towards People Who Stutter

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2020, BS, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Health Sciences.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify implicit and explicit attitudes of the public towards people who stuttering using a computer mouse tracking paradigm when answering questions on the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes -Stuttering (POSHA-S). Methods: Participants were 21 males and 11 females who reported using a computer mouse to complete an online modified version of the POSHA-S remotely. Responses were compared by the helpful/correct and unhelpful/incorrect response to the questions in each component of the POSHA-S. Area Under the Curve (AUC), measuring mouse trajectory, and Reaction Times (RT) were used as measures of implicit attitudes. Results: Participants demonstrated a significant difference in the number of correct and helpful responses on one component of the POSHA-S, and in reaction time for another component. No significant difference in area under the curve was found. Discussion: The results the findings of this study offer evidence of participants reporting more correct/helpful explicit responses in a dichotic response task to the commonly used assessment, the POSHA-S. The implicit measure of area under the curve did not support the hypothesis that area under the curve would be higher when participants select the correct/helpful responses, reaction time provided some limited indications that participants may respond quicker to the incorrect and unhelpful response options than to the correct and helpful response options, particularly for one component. Based on these findings, further data should be collected to have a better understanding of the relationship between the public's implicit and explicit towards people who stutter
Hayley Arnold, PhD. (Advisor)
Jennifer Roche, PhD. (Committee Member)
Jian Li, PhD. (Committee Member)
Jennifer Taber, PhD. (Committee Member)

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  • Rickert, E. L. (2020). Implicit Versus Explicit Attitudes of the Public Towards People Who Stutter [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1607947498737628

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rickert, Elise. Implicit Versus Explicit Attitudes of the Public Towards People Who Stutter. 2020. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1607947498737628.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rickert, Elise. "Implicit Versus Explicit Attitudes of the Public Towards People Who Stutter." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1607947498737628

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)