الذكاء اللغوي لدى الأطفال العاديين والمتأتئين : دراسة مقارنة في محافظة دمشق
The study aimed to identify the differences in linguistic intelligence between normal and stuttering children, using the following variables: sex, class and stuttering severity. The study applied on a sample of 480 pupils from 5th and 6th grade of primary teaching (second stage) in Damascus Governorate. They sample was divided into two groups: The first group is normal pupils group which contained 320 pupils, 243 males and 86 females. The second group is stuttering pupils group which contained 160 pupils, 117 males and 43 females. The study used the following instruments: 1) a checklist to reveal the existence of the stuttering disorder among pupils, made by Afraa Khaleel 2011. 2) A stuttering severity instrument for children & adults (SSI) for Rily 1994. 3) A linguistic intelligence test, made by the researcher. The research yielded the following results: 1) there is a negative statistically significant relationship between the mean of scores of linguistic intelligence and the mean of scores of stuttering severity among the stuttering pupils of the study sample. 2) There are no statistically significant differences in the mean of scores of linguistic intelligence between normal and stuttering pupils of the study sample. 3) There are statistically significant differences in the mean of scores of linguistic intelligence between males and females of normal pupils of the study sample, for females. 4) There are statistically significant differences in the mean of scores of linguistic intelligence between males and females of stuttering pupils of the study sample, for females. 5) There are statistically significant differences in the mean of scores of linguistic intelligence between 5th and 6th grades of normal pupils of the study sample, for 6th grade pupils. 6) There are statistically significant differences in the mean of scores of linguistic intelligence between 5th and 6th grades of stuttering pupils of the study sample, for 6th grade pupils. 7) There are statistically significant differences in the mean of scores of linguistic intelligence between stuttering pupils of the study sample according to stuttering severity variable, for simple stuttering pupils. 8) There are no statistically significant differences in the mean of scores of stuttering severity between males and females of stuttering pupils of the study sample. 9) There are statistically significant differences in the mean of scores of stuttering severity between 5th and 6th grades of stuttering pupils of the study sample, for 5th grade pupils. (Author’s abstract)