Differences of the Theory of Mind (TOM) in Children who stutter

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Speech Therapy Dept., Rehabilitation Sciences, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan,Iran.

2 Speech therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: This research aimed to compare the Theory of Mind (TOM) ability in stuttering pre- school children and their normal peers and also to investigate the effect of the TOM on the stuttering severity of children that was studied in a case-control study.

Methods: The participants included pre- school children (girls and boys) who stutter and normal peers in Zahedan city. The age of children in the both groups was 6 year-old (Mean:6±0.2). Sixteen Persian language children who stutter (CWS) in a convenient sampling method with a minimum of six months of stuttering were selected. Eighteen normal peers homogeneous in terms of demographic variables were selected as a control group. To collect data, Theory of mind questionnaire was used that its validity and reliability was reported by Qumrani et al (2005).

Results: The data was analyzed by ANOVA. Results showed that the CWS received more scores than the normal children in the Theory of Mind test, and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P <0.0001).

Conclusions: Findings of the current study showed that the stuttering children considered and interpreted the stimuli in a different way than the normal peers.

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Jundishapur Scientific Medical Journal
Volume 18, Issue 1 - Serial Number 118
May and June 2019
Pages 31-39

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  • Receive Date: 10 March 2019
  • Revise Date: 01 June 2019
  • Accept Date: 08 June 2019

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