Spontaneous and internet-informed parent responses to early stuttering.
Understanding initial parent responses to early stuttering provides a foundation to build a strong therapeutic alliance, and promotes shared decision-making during intervention, allowing for tailored education and support. In a digital age where health-related decision-making often begins with an in...
| Published in: | Journal of Fluency Disorders Vol. 88 |
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| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jun2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=194449647&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 194449647 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0094730X KK6 jtl: Journal of Fluency Disorders issn: 0094730X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2026 vid: 88 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 194449647 194449647 194449647 10.1016/j.jfludis.2026.106199 194449647 ppct: 1 formats: tig: atl: Spontaneous and internet-informed parent responses to early stuttering. aug: au: Johnson, Georgina Shenker, Rosalee Santayana, Gissella Onslow, Mark affil: University of Melbourne, Department of Audiology & Speech Pathology, VIC, Australia sug: subj: Access to Information Parents Psychosocial Factors Internet Health Information Information Resources Parental Attitudes Evaluation Fluency Disorders Psychosocial Factors Human Health Knowledge Health Beliefs Referral and Consultation Child, Preschool Severity of Illness Videorecording Internet Searching Thematic Analysis Comparative Studies Fluency Disorders Therapy Patient Care Plans Misinformation Prevention and Control Therapeutic Alliance Behavioral Changes Speech-Language Pathology Information Seeking Behavior Descriptive Statistics Child, Preschool: 2-5 years ab: Understanding initial parent responses to early stuttering provides a foundation to build a strong therapeutic alliance, and promotes shared decision-making during intervention, allowing for tailored education and support. In a digital age where health-related decision-making often begins with an internet search, it is important to understand how it might influence their initial responses. Therefore, this study explored how access to internet-based information may influence parent responses to childhood stuttering onset. This helps clinicians to understand knowledge and beliefs parents may bring to initial clinical consultations. Participants were parents of 2–4-year-olds who did not stutter, and who had no prior experience of stuttering. They were given information about early stuttering and shown five video clips depicting varying degrees of stuttering severity in preschool-age children. They were asked to reflect on five actions they would take if their child began to stutter. These actions were guided by either internet searches or relied on intuition alone. A reflexive thematic analysis was used to examine and interpret patterns in these parent responses. Compared to parents in the spontaneous response group, internet-informed parents more frequently described self-modification, with adjustments to their own speech and a "wait-and-see" approach. In contrast, spontaneous parent responses more often described speech-focused strategies directed at the child. Results provide insights that inform speech-language pathology practices by helping clinicians (a) align treatment planning with parent perspectives, (b) correct misinformation, and (c) foster stronger therapeutic alliances from the outset. • Parents reported that they would implement behavioral, environmental, and observational strategies if their child began stuttering. • Internet-informed parents more frequently described adjustments to their own behaviour. • Spontaneous parent responses more often described speech-focused strategies directed at the child. • During internet searching, parents were directed to reputable but general health sites. • Few parents accessed specialist stuttering resources online, or professional speech-language pathology organizations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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