Perfectionism and Stuttering: Is There a Connection

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Perfectionism and Stuttering- cause or effect?

From: Jessica Jones - NYU graduate student
Date: 22 Oct 2008
Time: 08:04:04 -0500
Remote Name: 69.248.249.15

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Dear Dr. Amster & Dr. Klein, Thank you for such a fascinating article. It is so interesting to make the connection between perfectionism and stuttering. My question is if and when this study is extended to children, whether you would find that it is the child's internal demands of perfectionism or the external demands that a parent may place on their child due to their own perfectionistic ideals. Also, do you think that stuttering is the cause of a speaker's perfectionism or do these speaker's develop a perfectionistic attitude as an effect of negative reactions to their speaking by external sources?


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