Arab and American Teachers' Attitudes Toward People Who Stutter: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Purpose: A limited number of studies have ex- plored attitudes toward people who stutter (PWS) in different cultures. Recent studies have looked at the attitudes of Arab parents toward PWS. The current study explores attitudes reported by Arab teachers from Kuwait and provides a pre- liminary comparison with attitudes reported by teachers from the United States. Method: This study used an English version and an Arabic translation of a 14-item semantic differential (SD) scale (Bur- ley & Rinaldi, 1986) to assess differences in American and Arab teachers' attitudes toward PWS. Results: A majority of Arab teachers from Kuwait reported neutral to positive attitudes toward PWS on the SD scale. However, ~ 1