Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011)
IntroductionBilingualism has historically been claimed to be a risk factor for developmental stuttering. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) ostensibly contains evidence to test that claim.MethodsWe analyze data from monolingual and bilingual children...
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| description | IntroductionBilingualism has historically been claimed to be a risk factor for developmental stuttering. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) ostensibly contains evidence to test that claim.MethodsWe analyze data from monolingual and bilingual children in Kindergarten through fifth grade in the ECLS-K:2011.Results and discussionThe prevalence, male/female ratio, and onset and recovery of reported stuttering in the ECLS are inconsistent with widely-accepted clinical reports of stuttering. We argue that the reported figures may be misleading. We discuss some factors that may inflate the reported prevalence, including a lack of awareness of the difference between stuttering vs. normal disfluencies, and the informal usage of the word “stuttering” on the part of teachers and parents to describe typical disfluencies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-579e8d9ac38f49faa698823cfb5413482025-01-07T17:06:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-07-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11558951155895Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011)Susanne GahlIntroductionBilingualism has historically been claimed to be a risk factor for developmental stuttering. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) ostensibly contains evidence to test that claim.MethodsWe analyze data from monolingual and bilingual children in Kindergarten through fifth grade in the ECLS-K:2011.Results and discussionThe prevalence, male/female ratio, and onset and recovery of reported stuttering in the ECLS are inconsistent with widely-accepted clinical reports of stuttering. We argue that the reported figures may be misleading. We discuss some factors that may inflate the reported prevalence, including a lack of awareness of the difference between stuttering vs. normal disfluencies, and the informal usage of the word “stuttering” on the part of teachers and parents to describe typical disfluencies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1155895/fullstutteringbilingualismschool-age childrenlinguistic minoritiesparent reportepidemiology |
| spellingShingle | Susanne Gahl Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011) Frontiers in Psychology stuttering bilingualism school-age children linguistic minorities parent report epidemiology |
| title | Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011) |
| title_full | Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011) |
| title_fullStr | Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011) |
| title_short | Bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K:2011) |
| title_sort | bilingualism as a risk factor for false reports of stuttering in the early childhood longitudinal study ecls k 2011 |
| topic | stuttering bilingualism school-age children linguistic minorities parent report epidemiology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1155895/full |
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