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Abbasi M, Etemadinezhad S, Mehri A, Ghaljahi M, Madvari R F, Jaffari Talaar poshti R. Investigating the effect of personality traits on sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception due to exposure to high frequency noise. J Health Saf Work 2020; 10 (2) :160-172
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1- Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Occupational Medicine, Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
3- Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran | Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
4- Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
5- Research Committee, Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6- Department of Occupational Medicine, Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran , roghayejafari69@gmail.com
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Introduction: Although noise characteristics such as intensity and frequency are the main cause of detrimental effects, it is important to pay attention to the personality traits of individuals as the host of adverse health effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of personality traits on sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception due to exposure to high frequency sound.
Material and method: This interventional and experimental study was carried out among 80 undergraduate and postgraduate students in 2017. First, examinee were exposed to a high frequency noise at 65 dBA for one hour in an acoustic room. Then, to determine amount of annoyance, sensitivity, loudness perception and to investigate personality traits, questionnaire of noise annoyance, noise sensitivity, loudness perception and Eysenck personality inventory was used, respectively. Finally, Chi-square, independent t-test and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to data analyze.
Results: The mean±SD of sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception were 54.08±7.71, 7.0±1.53, and 2.79±1.13, respectively in this study. The mean scores of sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception were significantly different in terms of personality traits, so that their average was higher in the neurotic and introverted. Based on MANOVA test results, personality traits had a significant effect on sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception of individuals. In a way, the neuroticism and introversion had the greatest effect on the sensitivity and annoyance, respectively.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that personality traits such as introversion and neuroticism can affect the sensitivity, annoyance and loudness perception of individuals.
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Received: 2020/06/13 | Accepted: 2020/06/13 | Published: 2020/06/13

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