A Meta-Analytical Review of Executive Function Skills in Adults Who Stutter.
Purpose: Executive function has been identified as a potential area of vulnerability in individuals who stutter. The present study identified and analyzed the data across empirical studies of the executive function skills of adults who do (AWS) and do not stutter (AWNS). Method: Electronic databases...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 1595 - 1631 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=192982181&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 192982181 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2026 vid: 69 iid: 4 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 192982181 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00303 ppf: 1595 ppct: 36 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.9MB tig: atl: A Meta-Analytical Review of Executive Function Skills in Adults Who Stutter. aug: au: Ofoe, Levi C. Ntourou, Katerina Clifton, Shari Coalson, Geoffrey A. affil: Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Speech-Language Pathology, University of West Georgia, Carrollton Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Reference & Instructional Services, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research, The University of Texas at Austin su: Executive function Attention Adults Research funding Stuttering Meta-analysis Descriptive statistics MEDLINE Neuropsychology Data analysis software Confidence intervals Short-term memory Cognitive flexibility sug: subj: Executive function Attention Adults Research funding Stuttering Meta-analysis Descriptive statistics MEDLINE Neuropsychology Data analysis software Confidence intervals Short-term memory Cognitive flexibility ab: Purpose: Executive function has been identified as a potential area of vulnerability in individuals who stutter. The present study identified and analyzed the data across empirical studies of the executive function skills of adults who do (AWS) and do not stutter (AWNS). Method: Electronic databases, literature reviews, and reference sections of articles and dissertations were searched to identify candidate studies that examined behavioral measures of working memory, inhibition, and/or cognitive flexibility. A total of 39 studies met the eligibility criteria for this meta-analysis. A randomeffects model was applied to estimate the pooled effect sizes (Hedges's g) and 95% confidence intervals . Results: AWS were significantly less accurate than AWNS on measures of working memory (Hedges's g = -0.41, p < .001), including nonword repetition (Hedges's g = -0.57, p < .001), forward digit span (Hedges's g = -0.23, p = .02), backward digit span (Hedges's g = -0.38, p = .004), and operation span tasks (Hedges's g = -0.37, p = .018). AWS performed comparably to AWNS on inhibition measures (Hedges's g = -0.10, p = .37). An insufficient number of published studies were available to conduct a meaningful analysis of cognitive flexibilit y. Conclusions: Present findings suggest that AWS, as a group, exhibit weaknesses in one component of executive function--working memory--compared to AWNS. Additional research is necessary to determine potential differences in inhibition and cognitive flexibility in AWS. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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