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  2. Emotional Reactivity, Regulation and Childhood Stuttering: A Behavioral and Electrophysiological Study
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Abstract

The purpose of this preliminary study was to assess whether behavioral and psychophysiological correlates of emotional reactivity and regulation are associated with developmental stuttering, as well as determine the feasibility of these methods in preschool-age children. Nine preschool-age children who stutter (CWS) and nine preschool-age children who do not stutter (CWNS) listened to brief background conversations conveying happy, neutral, and angry emotions (a resolution conversation followed the angry conversation), then produced narratives based on a text-free storybook. Electroencephalograms (EEG) recorded during listening examined cortical correlates of emotional reactivity and regulation. Speech disfluencies and observed emotion regulation were measured during a narrative immediately after each background conversation. Results indicated that decreased use of regulatory strategies is related to more stuttering in children who stutter. However, no significant differences were found in EEG measurements of emotional reactivity and regulation between CWS and CWNS or between emotion elicitation conditions. Findings were taken to suggest that use of regulatory strategies may relate to the fluency of preschool-age children’s speech-language output.

Learner Outcomes: The reader will be able to (1) describe emotional reactivity and regulation processes, (2) discuss evidence for or against the relations of emotional reactivity, regulation and stuttering, (3) understand how multiple measures can be used to measure emotional reactivity and regulation.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.12.003
Publication Date
2011-05-01
Publication Title
Journal of Communication Disorders
Volume
44
Issue
3
First Page
276
Last Page
293
Keywords
Subject
Community
School of Health Sciences
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Arnold, H., Conture, E., Key, A., & Walden, T. (2011). Emotional Reactivity, Regulation and Childhood Stuttering: A Behavioral and Electrophysiological Study (1–). Journal of Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.12.003
Arnold, Hayley, Edward Conture, Alexandra Key, and Tedra Walden. 2011. “Emotional Reactivity, Regulation and Childhood Stuttering: A Behavioral and Electrophysiological Study”. Journal of Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.12.003.
Arnold, Hayley, et al. Emotional Reactivity, Regulation and Childhood Stuttering: A Behavioral and Electrophysiological Study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 1 May 2011, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.12.003.