{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7224201840","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_persp-26-00073","title":"Stuttering at the Intersection of Gender and Culture: A Qualitative Study of Women's Lived Experiences","display_name":"Stuttering at the Intersection of Gender and Culture: A Qualitative Study of Women's Lived Experiences","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7224201840","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_persp-26-00073"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1044/2026_persp-26-00073","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_persp-26-00073","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_persp-26-00073","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764732000","display_name":"Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups","issn_l":"2381-473X","issn":["2381-473X","2381-4764"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320281","host_organization_name":"American Speech\u2013Language\u2013Hearing Association","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320281"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["American Speech\u2013Language\u2013Hearing Association"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5106695629","display_name":"Ran An","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-5823","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-5823"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I91083438","display_name":"Fort Hays State University","ror":"https://ror.org/00rwzgx62","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I91083438"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ran An","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Fort Hays State University, KS"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-5823","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Fort Hays State University, KS","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I91083438"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102737431","display_name":"Ma Yan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4055-2075","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4055-2075"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210130184","display_name":"Purdue University Fort Wayne","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4hz115","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210130184"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yan Ma","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4055-2075","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210130184"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5104281427","display_name":"Jia Bin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2967-5039","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2967-5039"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87216513","display_name":"Michigan State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05hs6h993","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jia Bin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University, East Lansing"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University, East Lansing","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031132309","display_name":"\u7a0b\u8273","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yan Cheng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Fort Wayne Community Schools, IN"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Fort Wayne Community Schools, IN","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.90227242,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"16"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12684","display_name":"Stuttering Research and Treatment","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12684","display_name":"Stuttering Research and Treatment","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10730","display_name":"Language Development and Disorders","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10863","display_name":"Voice and Speech Disorders","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2737","display_name":"Physiology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stuttering","display_name":"stuttering","score":0.972000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gender","display_name":"gender","score":0.7879999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/culture","display_name":"culture","score":0.7919999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intersectionality","display_name":"intersectionality","score":0.765999972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lived-experience","display_name":"lived experience","score":0.8650000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chinese-women","display_name":"Chinese women","score":0.8650000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociocultural-expectations","display_name":"sociocultural expectations","score":0.8220000267028809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/family-relationships","display_name":"family relationships","score":0.7670000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intimate-relationships","display_name":"intimate relationships","score":0.8640000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selfhood","display_name":"selfhood","score":0.6549999713897705}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781371259","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186676","display_name":"Stuttering","level":2,"score":0.7181000113487244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.694100022315979},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.6366000175476074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74196892","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7781188","display_name":"Thematic analysis","level":3,"score":0.597100019454956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13200473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2747831","display_name":"Reflexivity","level":2,"score":0.592199981212616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.5414000153541565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C196187386","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1050187","display_name":"Sociocultural evolution","level":2,"score":0.5400999784469604},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.5094000101089478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132829578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581151","display_name":"Situated","level":2,"score":0.4560999870300293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019221131","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55621107","display_name":"Lived experience","level":2,"score":0.4474000036716461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780876879","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3054749","display_name":"Meaning (existential)","level":2,"score":0.4278999865055084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163877629","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2642673","display_name":"Social constructionism","level":2,"score":0.42590001225471497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.36410000920295715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110379092","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1571836","display_name":"Social environment","level":2,"score":0.34299999475479126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125209646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1338878","display_name":"Cultural diversity","level":2,"score":0.32179999351501465},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.31200000643730164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80245801","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1477475","display_name":"Semi-structured interview","level":3,"score":0.30309998989105225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780001913","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1516555","display_name":"Intersectionality","level":2,"score":0.2973000109195709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107993555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662673","display_name":"Gender studies","level":1,"score":0.2946000099182129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168646138","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11578821","display_name":"Cross-cultural","level":2,"score":0.29120001196861267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87156501","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7268708","display_name":"Qualitative property","level":2,"score":0.2822999954223633},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84389358","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1129466","display_name":"Discourse analysis","level":2,"score":0.2802000045776367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C20555606","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q868575","display_name":"Empowerment","level":2,"score":0.26820001006126404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017937568","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1146100","display_name":"Chinese americans","level":3,"score":0.2667999863624573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C131158328","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307337","display_name":"Social influence","level":2,"score":0.2551000118255615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777997956","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17888","display_name":"Sexual orientation","level":2,"score":0.2547999918460846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780188709","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1502991","display_name":"Lifeworld","level":2,"score":0.25189998745918274}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1044/2026_persp-26-00073","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_persp-26-00073","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_persp-26-00073","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764732000","display_name":"Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups","issn_l":"2381-473X","issn":["2381-473X","2381-4764"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320281","host_organization_name":"American Speech\u2013Language\u2013Hearing Association","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320281"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["American Speech\u2013Language\u2013Hearing Association"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10","display_name":"Reduced inequalities","score":0.7578999996185303},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5","display_name":"Gender equality","score":0.7307999730110168},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.6240000128746033}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":44,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W649807381","https://openalex.org/W2013338201","https://openalex.org/W2027429995","https://openalex.org/W2053221230","https://openalex.org/W2074236712","https://openalex.org/W2083526227","https://openalex.org/W2113786622","https://openalex.org/W2114679711","https://openalex.org/W2170029505","https://openalex.org/W2305278139","https://openalex.org/W2421935140","https://openalex.org/W2569951386","https://openalex.org/W2614428128","https://openalex.org/W2631502638","https://openalex.org/W2755173460","https://openalex.org/W2767457518","https://openalex.org/W2792862468","https://openalex.org/W2896692856","https://openalex.org/W2971113382","https://openalex.org/W3042109825","https://openalex.org/W3047960931","https://openalex.org/W3112058082","https://openalex.org/W3125056844","https://openalex.org/W4229864382","https://openalex.org/W4309412889","https://openalex.org/W4309806524","https://openalex.org/W4312627889","https://openalex.org/W4317823576","https://openalex.org/W4319878717","https://openalex.org/W4383371612","https://openalex.org/W4385970570","https://openalex.org/W4391067448","https://openalex.org/W4401836346","https://openalex.org/W4405129117","https://openalex.org/W4409815494","https://openalex.org/W4412692066","https://openalex.org/W4415127015","https://openalex.org/W4415427489","https://openalex.org/W4415597173","https://openalex.org/W4415972533","https://openalex.org/W4416758106","https://openalex.org/W7147430532","https://openalex.org/W7165805879","https://openalex.org/W7167908028"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2896692856","https://openalex.org/W7167908028","https://openalex.org/W7166588891","https://openalex.org/W4415597173","https://openalex.org/W286710686","https://openalex.org/W120950056","https://openalex.org/W1614902889","https://openalex.org/W7220436240","https://openalex.org/W4383371612","https://openalex.org/W4416758106"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Background:":[0],"Research":[1],"on":[2,25],"the":[3,12,140,169,200],"experiences":[4,17,67],"of":[5,68,183],"women":[6,40,61,85],"who":[7,62,86],"stutter":[8,63,87],"remains":[9],"underrepresented":[10],"in":[11,51,71,89,95,139,173],"stuttering":[13,69,114,158,165,184],"literature,":[14],"and":[15,70,75,126,136,145,149,156,159,180,197,206,209],"these":[16,48,163],"are":[18],"often":[19],"interpreted":[20],"through":[21],"evidence":[22],"based":[23],"largely":[24],"predominantly":[26],"male":[27],"samples.":[28],"Although":[29],"emerging":[30],"research":[31,208],"suggests":[32],"that":[33],"gendered":[34,125,170],"sociocultural":[35,76],"expectations":[36,190],"may":[37],"shape":[38],"how":[39,47,59,133],"experience":[41,120],"stuttering,":[42,134],"little":[43],"is":[44],"known":[45],"about":[46],"processes":[49],"operate":[50],"Chinese":[52,60,84],"contexts.":[53],"Purpose:":[54],"This":[55],"qualitative":[56],"study":[57],"explored":[58],"described":[64,113],"their":[65],"lived":[66,181],"what":[72],"ways":[73,141],"gender":[74],"context":[77],"shaped":[78,186],"those":[79],"experiences.":[80],"Method:":[81],"Twelve":[82],"adult":[83],"participated":[88,143],"individual":[90],"semistructured":[91],"interviews":[92],"conducted":[93],"online":[94],"Mandarin.":[96],"Interview":[97],"data":[98],"were":[99,185],"analyzed":[100],"using":[101],"reflexive":[102],"thematic":[103],"analysis,":[104],"guided":[105],"by":[106,187],"an":[107],"intersectional,":[108],"gender-informed":[109],"lens.":[110],"Results:":[111],"Participants":[112],"not":[115],"only":[116],"as":[117,123],"a":[118,124],"speech-related":[119],"but":[121],"also":[122],"culturally":[127,188,204],"situated":[128],"condition.":[129],"Their":[130],"accounts":[131],"showed":[132],"gender,":[135],"culture":[137],"intersected":[138],"they":[142],"socially":[144],"communicatively,":[146],"navigated":[147],"family":[148,154,195],"intimate":[150],"relationships,":[151,194],"imagined":[152],"future":[153],"life,":[155],"reinterpreted":[157],"themselves.":[160],"Conclusions:":[161],"For":[162],"participants,":[164],"was":[166,176],"inseparable":[167],"from":[168],"social":[171],"conditions":[172],"which":[174],"it":[175],"lived.":[177],"The":[178],"meaning":[179],"impact":[182],"specific":[189],"surrounding":[191],"women's":[192],"speech,":[193],"roles,":[196],"selfhood,":[198],"underscoring":[199],"need":[201],"for":[202],"more":[203],"responsive":[205],"gender-attentive":[207],"clinical":[210],"support.":[211]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-01T11:40:01.658920","created_date":"2026-10-30T00:00:00"}