Relationships Between Psychosocial Factors and Quality of Life for Adults Who Stutter

<jats:sec> <jats:title>Purpose</jats:title> <jats:p>In this study, the author examined the relationship of social support, empowerment, self-help support group participation, and group identification to quality of life in adults who stutter.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Method</jats:title> <jats:p>Two-hundred forty-nine adults who stutter completed a web-based survey, including measures of social support, empowerment, self-help support group participation, group identification, and quality of life.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>After controlling for demographic and stuttering parameters, both empowerment in the self-esteem/self-efficacy domain and social support from family significantly predicted quality of life in adults in the sample.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> <jats:p>Increased self-esteem/self-efficacy and social support from family relates to improved quality of life in adults who stutter, independent of stuttering severity. Treatments that increase feelings of self-esteem/self-efficacy and strengthen social support from the family should be considered for individuals who struggle to cope with stuttering in order to enhance their quality of life.</jats:p> </jats:sec>