Sensory Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Validation and Adaptation of the English-language Sensory Perception Quotient (SPQ) by Tavassoli and Colleagues

Klein, Christoph, Miczuga, Teresa, Roring, Hannah, Kost, Marie, Bast, Nico ORCID: 0000-0001-5721-207X, Thiemann, U., Jarczok, TomaszA, Fleischhaker, C., van Elst, Ludger Tebartz, Riedel, Andreas and Biscaldi, Monica . Sensory Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Validation and Adaptation of the English-language Sensory Perception Quotient (SPQ) by Tavassoli and Colleagues. Forschritte Neurol. Psychiatr.. STUTTGART: GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG. ISSN 1439-3522

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DOI:10.1055/a-1839-6095

Abstract

Although the DSM-5 has emphasised the relevance of sensory abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), there are hardly any measures to assess them in German speaking countries. The present study translated the Sensory Perception Questionnaire (SPQ) by Tavassoli et al. (2014) to German and validated this scale. The SPQ is a self-rating scale for adults which focuses on perceptual aspects rather than cognitive or motivational antecedents or consequences of such perceptual processes. A total of 188 subjects participated in this study, including n=85 participants with ASD and n=103 neurotypical controls. The autism spectrum quotient (AQ) and the empathy quotient (EQ) were also administered, the IQ was measured using the CFT20-R, and participants were clinically evaluated using the SKID-I. Alternative items were generated to improve the semantic and psychometric properties of the SPQ. Of the 92 original SPQ items, 33 separated the clinical groups significantly and linguistically clearly in the sense of sensory hyper-sensitivity. These items covered primarily the sensory modalities of hearing, touch and vision. Increased sensory hyper-sensitivity was associated with greater scores in the AQ and increased slightly with increasing age. Sensory hyper-sensitivity in participants with ASD was, however, not significantly correlated with the EQ and the IQ. Due to the item-analytical rather than dimensional item selection, the short versions presented here exhibit a clearly better group separation with comparable concurrent validities when compared to Tavassoli's short version of the scale. Pending replication and proper norming, the SPQ short version presented here can be employed for screening purposes and supplement the clinical diagnostic process.

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Creators	Email	ORCID	ORCID Put Code
Klein, Christoph	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Miczuga, Teresa	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Roring, Hannah	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Kost, Marie	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bast, Nico	UNSPECIFIED	orcid.org/0000-0001-5721-207X	UNSPECIFIED
Thiemann, U.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Jarczok, TomaszA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Fleischhaker, C.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
van Elst, Ludger Tebartz	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Riedel, Andreas	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Biscaldi, Monica	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED