title: Extraversion and communication attitude in people who stutter: A preliminary study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to determine the correlation between the personality trait extraversion and the communication attitude in people who stutter (PWS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty PWS completed Erickson's Communication Attitude Scale (S-24) (Andrews & Cutler, 1974) as well as a Dutch adaptation of the extraversion scale of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (Hoekstra, Ormel, & Fruyt, 1996).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The communication attitude scores correlated significantly with the extraversion scores: PWS with a more negative communication attitude were more introvert and PWS with a more positive attitude were more extravert.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This result suggests that the S-24 is not only sensitive to communication attitude in relation to speech impairment, but also to the respondent's degree of extraversion. Consequently, assessment of communication attitude needs to be re-thought so as to take personality factors into account.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Readers should be able to: (a) describe the difference between temperament and personality; (b) describe what the S-24 Communication Attitude Scale measures in PWS; (c) describe how the personality trait extraversion may influence the communication attitude in PWS; (d) describe how the extraversion scale is correlated to the communication attitude scale according to the authors of this article.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: l.stipdonk@erasmusmc.nl.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stipdonk
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lieftink
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouwen
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wijnen
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013342:Stuttering / Q000523:psychology*; D013694:Temperament; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Erickson's Communication Attitude Scale; Extraversion; NEO-PI-R; Stuttering