Measurement in sensory modulation: the sensory processing scale assessment
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OBJECTIVE. Sensory modulation issues have a significant impact on participation in daily life. Moreover, understanding phenotypic variation in sensory modulation dysfunction is crucial for research related to defining homogeneous groups and for clinical work in guiding treatment planning. We thus evaluated the new Sensory Processing Scale (SPS) Assessment. METHOD. Research included item development, behavioral scoring system development, test administration, and item analyses to evaluate reliability and validity across sensory domains. RESULTS. Items with adequate reliability (internal reliability >.4) and discriminant validity ( p < .01) were retained. Feedback from the expert panel also contributed to decisions about retaining items in the scale. CONCLUSION. The SPS Assessment appears to be a reliable and valid measure of sensory modulation (scale reliability >.90; discrimination between group effect sizes >1.00). This scale has the potential to aid in differential diagnosis of sensory modulation issues.
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Background
- Authors
- Schoen, S. A., Miller, L. J., & Sullivan, J. C.
- Affiliations
- Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schoen, Sarah A.
- Venue
- American Journal of Occupational Therapy
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-09
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 522-530
- ISSN
- 0272-9490 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-7676
- PMC
- PMC4153553
- OpenAlex
- W1990490289
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 40
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- FWCI
- 15.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- American Journal of Occupational Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ohio State University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- National Institutes of Health (1r21hd041614-01)
- University of California, San Francisco
- National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH15442, T32MH015442)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R21 HD41614-01)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Keywords
- sensory modulation, sensory processing disorders, scale development, reliability statistics, validity, differential diagnosis, item analysis
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, Psychometrics, Sensation Disorders, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult
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