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1- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran
2- Department of primary Education, Masjed Soleiman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Masjed Soleiman, Iran
3- Assistant Professor of Department Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
4- PhD Student of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran , hafezpadervand@gmail.com
5- Instructor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (3745 Views)
Introduction: People with stutter, like other people, are prone to suffering from fears, stress, anxiety and anxiety.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare cognitive flexibility, cognitive avoidance and mood in male students with and without stuttering in high school language in Tehran.
Method: The method of this research is comparative causative research. The statistical population of this study was all male high school students in Tehran during the academic year of 2017-18. Out of the education districts, District 18 was randomly selected from among all schools in the educational area, a sample of 30 male students with stuttering disorder was selected through stratified sampling and 30 students without stuttering by cluster sampling as sample size. In order to collect the research data, Dennis and Vander Wall Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, Sexton and Dugas Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire, Toronto mood nougat and Riley Stutter severity were used.
Results: The results of the analysis of the research data showed that the mean scores of stuttering students in comparison with normal students in cognitive flexibility were lower, but in cognitive avoidance and alexithymia were upper (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that people with stuttering disorder are weaker in cognitive flexibility variables than in their normal students, and in cognitive avoidance and alexithymia compared to normal students.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2019/07/24 | Accepted: 2019/11/11 | Published: 2019/12/1

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