The Sensory Perception Quotient (SPQ): Development and validation of a new sensory questionnaire for adults with and without autism

Molecular Autism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tavassoli, Teresa ^a,b   Hoekstra, Rosa A ^a,c   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism spectrum conditions; sensory perception quotient; sensory questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY OVER RESPONSIVITY INVENTORY; SENSORY PERCEPTION QUOTIENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84899910839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-29     Document Type: Article

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