Table 4.

Pearson or Spearman^a correlation coefficients between Adult Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ) subscale scores and Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience with Stuttering (OASES) impact scores in adults who stutter.

ATQ subscale	OASES section
	Section 1	Section 2	Section 3	Section 4	Total impact
Fear	.18	−.06	.23	.08	.11
Sadness	−.05	−.15	−.08	−.15	−.13
Discomfort	.13	−.22	−.13	−.22	−.15
Frustration	.54*	.23	.24	.13	.32
Sociability	−.20	−.24	−.17	−.17	−.24
Positive affect	−.32	−.46	−.39	−.43	−.49
High-intensity pleasure	.04	.19	.12	.18	.17
Attentional control	−.10	−.13	−.13	−.07	−.13
Inhibitory control	−.21	.04	−.13	.20	−.02
Activation control	−.20	−.22	−.13	−.00	−.17
Neutral perceptual sensitivity	.06	.16	−.11	.11	.07
Affective perceptual sensitivity	.08 a	−.05 a	.07a	.16 a	.05 a
Associative sensitivity	−.08 a	−.09a	−.16 a	−.22 a	−.15 a

Note. Section 1: General Information; Section 2: Reactions to Stuttering; Section 3: Communication in Daily Situations; Section 4: Quality of Life.

^aResults obtained using Spearman rank coefficients.

^* p < .0025.