Children who stutter often experience adverse impact such as bullying, negative thought patterns, and reduced self-esteem that result from living with their condition. Research suggests that there are factors that may place a child who stutters at greater risk for adverse impact as well as protective factors that mitigate this risk. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between resilience and stuttering’s adverse impact in children. Resilience reflects both internal factors such as grit and the ability to cope and external factors such as family support and access to resources. We collected data from children who stutter and their parents to assess children’s resilience and stuttering’s adverse impact using standardized assessments. We then explored the relationship between resilience and adverse impact through descriptive statistics, linear regression, and correlation analyses. Results revealed that even children in the youngest, preschool-aged group showed adverse impact due to stuttering. We also found that greater resilience predicted less adverse impact in in school-aged and adolescent children who stutter. These findings provide insight into the experience of stuttering and offer support for treatments that incorporate resilience building into therapy to help mitigate adverse impact experienced by children who stutter.
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