Bleek Benjamin, Montag Christian, Faber Jennifer, Reuter Martin
Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Kaiser-Karl-Ring, D-53117 Bonn, Germany.
J Commun Disord. 2011 Mar-Apr;44(2):218-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.11.001. Epub 2010 Nov 24.
A recent study by Iverach et al. (Journal of Communication Disorders, 2010) compared persons who stutter with two normative samples in the context of the five-factor model of personality measured by the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). Persons who stutter were characterized by higher Neuroticism, lower Conscientiousness and lower Agreeableness scores in contrast to the normative data from an Australian and a United States sample. Moreover, the authors report that the scores on all five personality dimensions in the stuttering group were within those of the normative samples. A shortcoming of the Iverach et al. study is the lack of a matched control group. In the present study we compared persons who stutter with a control group matched to age and gender. Furthermore, none of the controls had a history of personal and family stuttering. The findings with respect to Neuroticism could be replicated in our sample. But in contrast to Iverach et al. we found higher Conscientiousness and Agreeableness scores in persons who stutter compared to the control group.
The reader of the present study will learn that elevated Neuroticism scores can be observed in persons who stutter across cultures such as Germany or Australia. With respect to other personality dimensions such as Conscientiousness or Agreeableness the picture is much more difficult.
艾弗拉赫等人近期的一项研究（《沟通障碍杂志》，2010年），在通过大五人格问卷（NEO-FFI）测量的人格五因素模型背景下，将口吃者与两个常模样本进行了比较。与来自澳大利亚和美国样本的常模数据相比，口吃者的神经质得分较高，尽责性和宜人性得分较低。此外，作者报告称，口吃组所有五个人格维度的得分都在常模样本的范围内。艾弗拉赫等人研究的一个缺点是缺乏匹配的对照组。在本研究中，我们将口吃者与年龄和性别匹配的对照组进行了比较。此外，对照组中没有人有个人和家族口吃史。关于神经质的研究结果在我们的样本中得到了重复。但与艾弗拉赫等人的研究不同的是，我们发现口吃者的尽责性和宜人性得分高于对照组。
本研究的读者将了解到，在德国或澳大利亚等不同文化背景的口吃者中都可以观察到较高的神经质得分。至于其他人格维度，如尽责性或宜人性，情况则要复杂得多。
