Introduction: Stuttering is a complex disorder influencing
occupational, academic, social, and emotional performance of the people
affected by this disorder. Anxiety is one of the psychological factors
negatively affect stuttering. The aim of present study was to investigate the
role of metacognitive beliefs in the prediction of anxiety level and stuttering
severity in people with stuttering. Materials and Methods: Using available sampling method, 61 subjects
with stuttering and 61 sex and age matched healthy subjects without stuttering
participated in this descriptive analytic cross sectional study. Metacognition
Questionnaire (MCQ-30), Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) and
Stuttering Severity Instrument (SSI3) were used to collect the data. Results: The findings of independent t test showed
that mean anxiety severity was significantly higher in subjects with stuttering
than in control group (p < 0.001). Results of multiple regression analysis
showed that metacognitive beliefs predicted 48% of anxiety score variance in
subjects with stuttering and that among metacognitive beliefs, negative beliefs
about uncontrollability and danger and cognitive self-consciousness had more
influential role in the prediction of anxiety in subjects with stuttering. Conclusion: The findings of this study
showed that metacognitive beliefs can be important factors in the prediction of
anxiety level in subjects with stuttering. It is suggested that clinicians try
to reduce the anxiety level of subjects with stuttering by identifying and
modifying their negative metacognitive beliefs
Rezai H, Mohseni M T, Rezapour Mirsaleh Y, Sadollahi A L, Ghorbani R. Role of metacognitive beliefs in prediction of anxiety level and stuttering severity in people with stuttering. Koomesh 1393; 16 (1) :14-22 URL: http://koomeshjournal.semums.ac.ir/article-1-2213-en.html