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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Conture, Edward G.; Kelly, Ellen M.; Walden, Tedra A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2013
The purpose of this article is to discuss definitional and measurement issues as well as empirical evidence regarding temperament, especially with regard to children's (a)typical speech and language development. Although all ages are considered, there is a predominant focus on children. Evidence from considerable empirical research lends support…
Descriptors: Personality, Psychological Characteristics, Personality Theories, Measurement
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Clark, Chagit E.; Conture, Edward G.; Frankel, Carl B.; Walden, Tedra A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the underlying constructs of the Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children Who Stutter (KiddyCAT; Vanryckeghem & Brutten, 2007), especially those related to awareness of stuttering and negative speech-associated attitudes. Method: Participants were 114…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Stuttering, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
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Johnson, Kia N.; Conture, Edward G.; Walden, Tedra A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
Purpose: This preliminary investigation assessed the attentional processes of preschool-age children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS) during Traditional cueing and Affect cueing tasks. Method: Participants consisted of 12 3- to 5-year-old CWS and the same number of CWNS (all boys). Both talker groups participated in two tasks of shifting and…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Investigations, Attention Span, Self Control
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Arnold, Hayley S.; Conture, Edward G.; Key, Alexandra P. F.; Walden, Tedra – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Evidence, Stuttering, Emotional Response, Medicine
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Johnson, Kia N.; Karrass, Jan; Conture, Edward G.; Walden, Tedra – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether variations in disfluencies of young children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS) significantly change their talker group classification or diagnosis from stutterer to nonstutterer, and vice versa. Participants consisted of seventeen 3- to 5-year-old CWS and nine 3- to 5-year-old CWNS, with no…
Descriptors: Age, Stuttering, Preschool Children, Identification
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Schwenk, Krista A.; Conture, Edward G.; Walden, Tedra A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2007
This study investigated the maintenance of attention and adaptation to background stimuli of preschool children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS). Participants were 13 monolingual, Standard American English speaking, 3-5-year-old CWS and 14 CWNS. Results indicated that CWS were significantly more apt than CWNS to attend to or look at changes…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Stuttering, Preschool Children, Monolingualism
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Karrass, Jan; Walden, Tedra A.; Conture, Edward G.; Graham, Corrin G.; Arnold, Hayley S.; Hartfield, Kia N.; Schwenk, Krista A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to examine relations between children's emotional reactivity, emotion regulation and stuttering. Participants were 65 preschool children who stutter (CWS) and 56 preschool children who do not stutter (CWNS). Parents completed the Behavior Style Questionnaire (BSQ) [McDevitt S. C., & Carey, W. B. (1978). A…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Emotional Response, Preschool Children, Parents