Measuring Sensory Reactivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Application and Simplification of a Clinician-Administered Sensory Observation Scale.
Sensory reactivity is a new DSM-5 criterion for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The current study aims to validate a clinician-administered sensory observation in ASD, the Sensory Processing Scale Assessment (SPS). The SPS and the Short Sensory Profile (SSP) parent-report were used to measure sensory reactivity in children with ASD (n = 35) and typically developing children (n = 27). Sixty-five percent of children with ASD displayed sensory reactivity symptoms on the SPS and 81.1 % on the SSP. SPS scores significantly predicted SSP scores. We next identified the five SPS tasks that best differentiated groups. Our results indicate that a combination of parent-report and at least the five most differentiating observational tasks may be most sensitive in identifying the presence of sensory reactivity issues.
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1428 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA. teresa.tavassoli@gmail.com.
Teresa
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Tavassoli
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1428 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA.|Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Katherine
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Bellesheim
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1428 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Paige M
PM
Siper
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1428 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA.|Department of Neuroscience and the Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
A Ting
AT
Wang
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1428 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Danielle
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Halpern
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1428 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Michelle
M
Gorenstein
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1428 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
David
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Grodberg
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1428 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA.|Department of Pediatrics and the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Alexander
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Kolevzon
Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, The Friedman Brain Institute, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Joseph D
JD
Buxbaum
D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology
Autism spectrum disorder; New DSM-5 criterion; Sensory Processing Scale Assessment; Sensory reactivity