Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering

In a multicultural country like Malaysia, culture is an important element that has great influences on the people's attitudes and behavior significantly. Therefore, a multicultural population in which the prevalence of speech disorders is on the rise may have various attitudes toward these diso...

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Main Author: Kumar, Hannah
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
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description In a multicultural country like Malaysia, culture is an important element that has great influences on the people's attitudes and behavior significantly. Therefore, a multicultural population in which the prevalence of speech disorders is on the rise may have various attitudes toward these disorders and the individuals with these disorders. Consequently, this study was conducted among UNIMAS students with Malaysian citizenship to see if there were any differences in attitudes toward three speech disorders, namely AOS, dysarthria, and stuttering, based on their various cultural groups. Data was collected via questionnaires that measured the attitudes of respondents based on a 5 point Likert scale. One-Way Analysis of . Variance (ANOVA) in SPSS was used to analyze the data in order to determine if differences did exist. Findings showed that attitudes toward speech disorders did not vary according to culture in this subpopulation. In addition, data analysis indicated that respondents generally have positive attitudes toward speech disorders. Improvements like expanding the population under study and using qualitative measures to measure attitudes should be employed in future research to obtain more accurate and representative findings. To conclude, different cultures do not affect Malaysian university students' attitudes toward speech disorders.
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spelling unimas-121462023-08-08T03:48:41Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12146/ Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering Kumar, Hannah H Social Sciences (General) In a multicultural country like Malaysia, culture is an important element that has great influences on the people's attitudes and behavior significantly. Therefore, a multicultural population in which the prevalence of speech disorders is on the rise may have various attitudes toward these disorders and the individuals with these disorders. Consequently, this study was conducted among UNIMAS students with Malaysian citizenship to see if there were any differences in attitudes toward three speech disorders, namely AOS, dysarthria, and stuttering, based on their various cultural groups. Data was collected via questionnaires that measured the attitudes of respondents based on a 5 point Likert scale. One-Way Analysis of . Variance (ANOVA) in SPSS was used to analyze the data in order to determine if differences did exist. Findings showed that attitudes toward speech disorders did not vary according to culture in this subpopulation. In addition, data analysis indicated that respondents generally have positive attitudes toward speech disorders. Improvements like expanding the population under study and using qualitative measures to measure attitudes should be employed in future research to obtain more accurate and representative findings. To conclude, different cultures do not affect Malaysian university students' attitudes toward speech disorders. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12146/1/Hannah.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12146/4/Hannah%20full.pdf Kumar, Hannah (2015) Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Kumar, Hannah
Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering
title Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering
title_full Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering
title_fullStr Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering
title_full_unstemmed Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering
title_short Cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering
title_sort cultural influences on attitudes toward speech disorders: aos, dysarthria, and stuttering
topic H Social Sciences (General)
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12146/1/Hannah.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12146/4/Hannah%20full.pdf