Do Students with Dyslexia Have a Different Personality Profile as Measured with the Big Five?

Wim Tops, Ellen Verguts, Maaike Callens and Marc Brysbaert

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 5, 1-6

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 Sample(s): 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.

Date: 2013
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