Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, 78060-900 Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Mato Grosso, 78050-970 Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Actas Esp Psiquiatr. 2024 Aug;52(4):428-436. doi: 10.62641/aep.v52i4.1661.
Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes a pattern of learning difficulties that can be characterized by deficits in word reading accuracy, speed or fluency, and reading comprehension. Due to all this damage, emotional difficulties have been described in the literature mainly for childhood and adolescence. Within this emotional component, personality can be included. In Brazil, at the time of carrying out this research, no research had been found that investigated the personality of dyslexic adults. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the personality of Brazilian adults with dyslexia.
A semi-structured interview was administered and the Factorial Personality Battery, based on the Big Five personality traits. The sample was composed of two groups: one with dyslexia and another control. The first was formed by nine participants, aged between 18 and 47 (M = 31.7; standard deviation (SD) = 11.8), six of whom were women. The control group was formed by 60 participants, aged between 18 and 45 years (M = 26.4; SD = 8.8), 38 of whom were women.
The data did not show significant differences between the groups in most of the analyzed factors and subfactors. Increased rates of "passivity/lack of energy" and lowered rates of "openness to new ideas" were identified in the group with dyslexia.
These results could be useful for describing personality profiles in dyslexic adults, with these descriptions possibly providing clinical support for diagnoses and intervention procedures.
阅读障碍是一种神经发育障碍，会导致一系列学习困难，其特征可表现为单词阅读准确性、速度或流畅性以及阅读理解方面的缺陷。由于这种损害，文献中主要描述了儿童和青少年时期的情绪困难。在这种情绪成分中，可以包括人格。在巴西，进行这项研究时，没有发现任何研究调查过阅读障碍成年人的人格。因此，本研究旨在调查巴西成年阅读障碍者的人格。
采用半结构化访谈和基于大五人格特质的人格因素电池进行测试。样本由两组组成：一组为阅读障碍组，另一组为对照组。阅读障碍组由 9 名参与者组成，年龄在 18 至 47 岁之间（M=31.7；标准差（SD）=11.8），其中 6 名为女性。对照组由 60 名参与者组成，年龄在 18 至 45 岁之间（M=26.4；SD=8.8），其中 38 名为女性。
大多数分析因素和子因素中，两组数据均无显著差异。阅读障碍组表现出“被动/缺乏活力”的比例增加，“接受新思想的开放性”的比例降低。
这些结果有助于描述成年阅读障碍者的人格特征，这些描述可能为诊断和干预程序提供临床支持。
