Análise da ansiedade traço-estado de adultos que gaguejam.

Abstract

Introduction: In addition to changes in fluency parameters, stuttering can cause anxiety about speech, limitations in effective communication and social participation of the person who stutters. Objectives: To verify the relationship between levels of state-trait anxiety, 1 social anxiety and the degree of stuttering severity in adults with low and high anxiety, and to test the applicability of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale , in the Brazilian versions, with adults who stutter. Methods: Fifteen adults who stutter, 11 men and 4 women, aged between 18 and 52 years, participated in the pilot study. Participants were divided into two groups, low and high anxiety. Spearman's correlation was analyzed between the scores obtained in instruments related to state-trait anxiety, social anxiety and stuttering severity. Results: Most participants showed medium-level trait (86.66%; n=13) and state (86.66%; n=13) anxiety, and signs of generalized subtype social anxiety disorder (46.66 %; n=7) and social anxiety disorder (26.66%; n=4). There was a weak correlation between the numerical scores of the instruments related to anxiety and stuttering severity, possibly due to the sample size. Conclusion: The instruments used proved to be useful and easy to apply by the speech therapist, for screening indicative signs of anxiety disorders in adults who stutter. The pilot study made it possible to observe risks of bias and limitations that could be minimized in the main study.