title: Relationships between personality characteristics of people who stutter and the impact of stuttering on everyday life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigates the association between the five-factor model of personality measured by the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (OASES). The OASES measures the adverse impact of stuttering on a person's life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants in the present study were 112 persons who stutter from Germany.
  
  
  METHODS
  All participants filled in both the NEO-FFI and the OASES questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results revealed a strong positive correlation between the personality trait Neuroticism and scores on the OASES. Moreover, Extraversion was negatively correlated with the OASES scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that people with higher Neuroticism and lower Extraversion scores experience a greater impact of stuttering on their daily life. The results underscore the importance of considering personality as a potential moderator or mediator factor in future stuttering research and, potentially, also in treatment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The reader will learn (a) about the different personality dimensions reflected by the NEO-FFI, (b) why it is important to consider the impact of stuttering on everyday life from the perspective of the people who stutter and (c) how personality is linked to the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering (OASES).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bleek
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: J Scott
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yaruss
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Faber
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montag
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000075384:Neuroticism; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013342:Stuttering / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult