Do students with dyslexia have a different personality profile as measured with the big five?
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23691229.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0064484 and PMC identifier 3656862.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Few studies are available about the personality profile of higher education students with dyslexia and to which extent this could be any different from their non-dyslexic peers. AIMS AND SAMPLES: To obtain empirical evidence, we compared the personality profile of a group of 100 Dutch-speaking students with dyslexia with that of a control group of 100 students without learning disabilities. METHODS: The NEO-PI-R based on the Big Five in personality research was used. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed no differences in the personality between both groups. This agrees with a recent meta-analysis of English findings (Swanson & Hsieh, 2009), suggesting that students with dyslexia do not perceive themselves differently than their non-dyslexic peers. Practical implications and directions for future research are considered.
Medical subject headings
- Dyslexia
- Personality
- Personality Tests