Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011)

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Susanne Gahl¹ 

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关键词: stuttering;    bilingualism;    school-age children;    linguistic minorities;    parent report;    epidemiology;    age factors;    sex factors;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1155895

 received in 2023-01-31, accepted in 2023-06-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionBilingualism has historically been claimed to be a risk factor for developmental stuttering. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) ostensibly contains evidence to test that claim.MethodsWe analyze data from monolingual and bilingual children in Kindergarten through fifth grade in the ECLS-K:2011.Results and discussionThe prevalence, male/female ratio, and onset and recovery of reported stuttering in the ECLS are inconsistent with widely-accepted clinical reports of stuttering. We argue that the reported figures may be misleading. We discuss some factors that may inflate the reported prevalence, including a lack of awareness of the difference between stuttering vs. normal disfluencies, and the informal usage of the word “stuttering” on the part of teachers and parents to describe typical disfluencies.

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