Tinnitus-Related Distress and the Personality Characteristic Resilience

It has been suggested that personality traits may be prognostic for the severity of suffering from tinnitus. Resilience as measured with the Wagnild and Young resilience scale represents a positive personality characteristic that promotes adaptation to adverse life conditions including chronic healt...

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Published in:Journal of neural transplantation & plasticity 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.176-181
Main Authors: Wallhäusser-Franke, Elisabeth, Delb, Wolfgang, Balkenhol, Tobias, Hiller, Wolfgang, Hörmann, Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anxiety
Auditory Perception
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression, Mental
Female
Humans
Influence
Male
Mental health
Middle Aged
Patients
Personality
Personality traits
Prognosis
Resilience, Psychological
Severity of Illness Index
Tinnitus
Tinnitus - diagnosis
Tinnitus - psychology
Variables
Young Adult
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Summary:It has been suggested that personality traits may be prognostic for the severity of suffering from tinnitus. Resilience as measured with the Wagnild and Young resilience scale represents a positive personality characteristic that promotes adaptation to adverse life conditions including chronic health conditions. Aim of the study was to explore the relation between resilience and tinnitus severity. In a cross-sectional study with a self-report questionnaire, information on tinnitus-related distress and subjective tinnitus loudness was recorded together with the personality characteristic resilience and emotional health, a measure generated from depression, anxiety, and somatic symptom severity scales. Data from 4705 individuals with tinnitus indicate that tinnitus-related distress and to a lesser extent the experienced loudness of the tinnitus show an inverse correlation with resilience. A mediation analysis revealed that the relationship between resilience and tinnitus-related distress is mediated by emotional health. This indirect effect indicates that high resilience is associated with better emotional health or less depression, anxiety, and somatic symptom severity, which in turn is associated with a less distressing tinnitus. Validity of resilience as a predictor for tinnitus-related distress is supported but needs to be explored further in longitudinal studies including acute tinnitus patients.
ISSN:0792-8483
2090-5904
1687-5443
DOI:10.1155/2014/370307