2019 Volume 60 Issue 4 Pages 332-344
We conducted a questionnaire survey on 48 pairs of parents of stuttering children to clarify changes over time of their agreement or disagreement in their emotions and collaborative feelings toward child rearing. In the questionnaire, we asked about their feelings at the time of onset of stuttering and now, regarding seven aspects: grasp of stuttering symptoms, feelings of anxiety, understanding of stuttering, spouse's response, feelings of guilt, feelings of isolation, and enlightenment. We also asked about their satisfaction level at the time of consultation for stuttering and at the time of participation in parents' groups. The results indicated that, compared with the fathers, the mothers more strongly wanted the spouses to listen to them from the time of onset up to now. Also, at the time of onset, mothers held stronger feelings of guilt than fathers, but now both fathers and mothers showed decreases in such feelings and there was no significant difference between them. Regarding consultation for stuttering, there was a noticeable difference in parent satisfaction level between the group who consulted experts and the group who consulted non-experts. The group who participated in the parents' groups had a higher level of satisfaction with participation. In this study, we obtained basic data for considering future parental support.
