Some Effects of Anxiety Deconditioning Upon Stuttering Frequency

Abstract
Fifteen stutterers were taken through an anxiety deconditioning procedure to ascertain the effect of reduced anxiety upon the frequency of fluency failures. The major findings were (1) reciprocal inhibition procedures for anxiety reactions appeared to lessen anxiety reactions in this sample of stutterers, (2) a significant reduction in the frequency of fluency failures on oral reading tasks, (3) no correspondence between stuttering frequency and anxiety beyond a marginal or coincidental one.

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