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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Modern Rehabilitation">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Modern Rehabilitation</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-385X</Issn>
      <Volume>15</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>23</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Evaluating Teachers&#x2019; Attitudes Toward Stuttering Using the Persian Version of the Teacher&#x2019;s Attitudes Towards Stuttering Inventory</title>
    <FirstPage>41</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>46</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Alireza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Aghaz</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Depatrment of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zohre</FirstName>
        <LastName>Arani Kashani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Arash</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shahriyari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Psychology, School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>11</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>05</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Introduction: The attitude of teachers is effective in improving the quality of life and academic achievement of students with stuttering. The Teachers&#x2019; Attitudes Toward Stuttering (TATS) inventory is a tool for evaluating teachers&#x2019; 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&#xB1;SD scores of teacher&#x2019;s attitudes were 78.09 &#xB1;11.9. Also, the teachers&#x2019; 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&#x2019; attitudes toward stuttering.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jmr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmr/article/view/316</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
