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ERIC Number: EJ1486618
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0161-1461
EISSN: EISSN-1558-9129
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Validity and Reliability of the Stuttering Severity Instrument--Fourth Edition for School-Aged Children and Adult Arabic-Speaking People Who Stutter
Mazin T. Alqhazo; Tha’er Al-Kadi; Firas S. Alfwaress
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, v56 n4 p1029-1041 2025
Purpose: The Stuttering Severity Instrument--Fourth Edition (SSI-4) is unavailable in Arabic language. The purpose of the current research is to translate the SSI-4 (Riley, 2009) into Arabic and to discuss its validity, as well as its intrajudge and interjudge reliability. Method: Archived videos of 28 school-aged children who stutter ranged in age from 8 to 16 years (M = 10.5, SD = 3.5) and 11 adults who stutter ranged in age from 19 to 22 years (M = 20.4, SD = 0.9) were assessed using a translated version of the SSI-4 by 10 graduate students in speech-language pathology. The 10 raters evaluated the speech samples for the cases using the translated versions at Time 1 and Time 2 (2 weeks apart). The validity of the scale was assessed using Pearson correlation coefficients, while intrajudge and interjudge reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients. Results: The results showed that the subscales of the SSI (frequency, duration, and physical features) were valid items. For reliability, the results revealed that the interjudge reliability values for both school-aged children and adults who stutter in all the items of the scale were less than 80%, whereas the intrajudge agreement was higher than 80% for all the items of the SSI-4 for both children and adults. Conclusion: In conclusion, the Arabic version of SSI-4 requires more data to assess its reliability before recommending its clinical use in Arabic-speaking communities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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