Abstract. The purpose of the present study was to extend previous research concerning the negative perceptions of stuttering by considering the perceived leadership ability of targets who stuttered compared with targets who did not stutter. We were also interested in the possibility that negative perceptions of the targets (i.e., low levels of self-esteem, intelligence, dominance-based status motivation, and prestige-based status motivation) would mediate the association between stuttering and a lack of perceived leadership ability as well as the possibility that manipulating the ostensible self-esteem level of the target would further moderate these associations. The results for 838 Israeli community members revealed a negative association between stuttering and perceived leadership ability that was mediated by the perceived self-esteem level and dominance-based status motivation of the target. Further, the associations between stuttering and perceptions of leadership ability were moderated by the ostensible self-esteem level of the target. Discussion focuses on the implications of these results for understanding the negative halo that surrounds stuttering.

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口吃对领导能力认知的负面影响

摘要。本研究的目的是通过考虑与不口吃的目标相比，口吃目标的感知领导能力，扩展先前关于口吃负面看法的研究。我们还感兴趣的是，对目标的负面看法（即低水平的自尊、智力、基于支配地位的地位动机和基于声望的地位动机）会调解口吃和缺乏感知领导力之间的关联。能力以及操纵目标表面上的自尊水平将进一步缓和这些关联的可能性。对 838 名以色列社区成员的调查结果显示，口吃与领导能力之间存在负相关关系，这种关系由目标的自尊水平和基于支配地位的地位动机所调节。此外，口吃与领导能力感知之间的关联受到目标表面上的自尊水平的调节。讨论的重点是这些结果对理解口吃周围的负面光环的影响。