Making sense of it all: The impact of sensory processing sensitivity on daily functioning of children

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-86

  Boterberg, Sofie ^a   Warreyn, Petra ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Daily functioning; Highly sensitive person scale; Sensory processing sensitivity; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; CHILD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84951779206     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.022     Document Type: Article

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