negative emotion

Refers to the predominantly sympathetic responses of a person to specific stimulus events. It encompasses terms like fear, stress, guilt, and anxietywhose automatic affects are thought to disorganize normally fluent speech. See positive emotion.

Definition reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) available from Stuttering Foundation of America: Stuttering Words (Publication No 2: Speech Foundation of America)

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