#4136. Personality in children with vocal fold nodules: A multitrait analysis

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Linguistics and Language;
Speech and Hearing;
Otorhinolaryngology;
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Abstract:
Vocal fold nodules (VNs) are bilateral, symmetrical, callous-like lesions secondary to phonotrauma and possibly related to specific personality traits. This case–control study examined the relation between personality and VNs in children within the context of the Trait Theory of VNs. Parents of children with VNs (N = 39, M = 7.43, SD = 2.01 years) and two medical control groups (i.e., voice disordered controls, but not VNs [VDCs; N = 40, M = 7.09, SD = 2.01 years] and vocally normal controls [VNCs; N = 40, M = 7.6, SD = 1.54 years]) completed the Inventory of Child Individual Differences, a personality instrument that describes the Big Five superfactors as well as 15 lower order personality traits. Children with VNs, as compared with VNCs, were (a) emotionally reactive (i.e., higher N-Neuroticism, p <.005, Cohen’s d = 0.53), (b) Antagonistic, Strong-Willed, and less Compliant (i.e., lower A-Agreeableness, p <.014, Cohen’s d = 0.59), and (c) Distractible and Disorganized (i.e., lower C-Conscientiousness, p <.009, Cohen’s d = 0.62). Children with VNs displayed a similar personality typology as women with VNs, with the exception of elevated Extraversion (E).
Keywords:
Vocal fold nodules; children; personality traits; individual differences

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