The relationship of noise sensitivity to health and personality

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Two studies were carried out to test two hypotheses on noise sensitivity. In the first study it was hypothesized that persons whose level of noise sensitivity was high tend to be less healthy than those whose level was low. Utilizing Iwata's Noise Sensitivity Scale, 33 subjects who scored high on the scale and 33 who scored low were selected for the study from a sample of 132 undergraduates. These two groups were compared in terms of health measures using the Japanese version of the Cornell Medical Index. The results supported the hypothesis. In the second study, it was hypothesized that maladjusted personalities are manifested more often by those whose noise sensitivity is high than those whose noise sensitivity is low. Following the same procedure of selection in the preceding study, 35 subjects whose noise sensitivity was high and another 30 whose noise sensitivity was low were chosen from another sample of 129 college students. Using the Yatabe-Guilford Personality Inventory the two groups were compared in terms of the distribution of personality types. The results confirmed the second hypothesis.
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