Table 5.
Spearman correlation coefficients between Adult Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ) scores and percentage of syllables stuttered (%SS) in adults who stutter.
| ATQ scales and subscales | %SS |
|
|---|---|---|
| Monologue | Reading | |
| Negative affect | −.24 | .06 |
| Fear | −.11 | .07 |
| Sadness | −.29 | .01 |
| Discomfort | −.06 | .11 |
| Frustration | −.03 | .13 |
| Extraversion/surgency | −.12 | −.24 |
| Sociability | −.08 | −.18 |
| Positive affect | −.18 | −.18 |
| High-intensity pleasure | .06 | −.13 |
| Effortful control | −.18 | −.16 |
| Attentional control | −.18 | −.25 |
| Inhibitory control | −.17 | .09 |
| Activation control | −.12 | −.17 |
| Orienting sensitivity | .20 | .18 |
| Neutral perceptual sensitivity | .12 | .10 |
| Affective perceptual sensitivity | .19 | .25 |
| Associative sensitivity | .10 | .08 |