AMA: Drs. J. Scott Yaruss and Seth Tichenor

AMA: Drs. J. Scott Yaruss and Seth Tichenor Dr. Yaruss (u/jsyaruss) and I are **very** excited to join you today, talk, and answer any questions you may have! You all have been fundamental to our research endeavors over the past few years. Our survey research has helped clinicians and researchers better understand what stuttering is, how people who stutter experience it, and how individual differences differentiate subgroups of people who stutter. If you would like to know more about this research that you have helped with, please ask! We will answer questions from this thread and the thread posted a few days ago by the moderators. Previously-asked questions that we will answer [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/l6dws1/ama\_with\_stuttering\_specialists\_scott\_yaruss\_phd/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/l6dws1/ama_with_stuttering_specialists_scott_yaruss_phd/) \-------------------- Edit: 2pm. Thank you all for your questions! This was VERY enjoyable and we hope that you all got something out of it as well. We're going to hop off now that the 2 hours are up. We again want to thank you so much for helping out with our research! If you're interested in participating, **we are still conducting research aiming to better understand the myriad aspects of the stuttering condition**! We would love to have you participate if you have not already. Our current studies explore: * whether and how often people who stutter experience [suicidal thoughts](https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fyp8jehVH9VDx3). * what the term [severity](https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_djpfnQaN7o72b4h) means to you * how individual differences in [emotional regulation](https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3q8qPJE7Ch2HNqt) and [perfectionism](https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bwQXpqN8On8NpVb) affect the experience of stuttering. We also have also started a survey on how COVID intersects with the experience of being a person who stutters ([social isolation](https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1ZTRC2tC3UQW76B)). Thanks! Seth (on behalf of Scott)