Open AccessEvaluating Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Stuttering Using the Persian Version of the Teacher’s Attitudes Towards Stuttering Inventory
Author(s) -
Alireza Aghaz,
Zohre Arani Kashani,
Arash Shahriyari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of modern rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-3868
pISSN - 2538-385X
DOI - 10.32598/jmr.15.1.6
Subject(s) - stuttering , persian , cronbach's alpha , psychology , test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , content validity , school teachers , validity , clinical psychology , medical education , mathematics education , developmental psychology , psychometrics , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Introduction: The attitude of teachers is effective in improving the quality of life and academic achievement of students with stuttering. The Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Stuttering (TATS) inventory is a tool for evaluating teachers’ opinions and attitudes toward stuttering. The purpose of this study is to validate the Persian version of the TATS (TATS-Persian) and a preliminary study of the attitude of elementary teachers towards stuttering.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, which is of validation and instrumentation type, 32 teachers from elementary schools in Tehran were recruited by the available sampling method. To examine the content validity of TATS-Persian, 12 teachers were surveyed, and for the test-retest reliability of it, 12 teachers re-completed the TATS-Persian after one week. The statistical methods included the Cronbach alpha coefficient calculation and the Spearman correlation test.Results: The content validity, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency of TATS-Persian were 0.92, 0.93, 0.96, respectively. The Mean±SD scores of teacher’s attitudes were 78.09 ±11.9. Also, the teachers’ attitudes score had a significant positive correlation with the number of stuttering students experienced in their teaching history.Conclusion: The Persian version of the TATS inventory is a valid and simple tool for evaluating teachers’ attitudes toward stuttering.