- Title
- Latent constructs underlying sensory subtypes in children with autism: a preliminary study
- Creator
- Hand, Brittany N.; Dennis, Simon; Lane, Alison E.
- Relation
- Autism Research Vol. 10, Issue 8, p. 1364-1371
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1787
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Recent reports identify sensory subtypes in ASD based on shared patterns of responses to daily sensory stimuli [Ausderau et al., 2014; Lane, Molloy, & Bishop, 2014]. Lane et al. propose that two broad sensory dimensions, sensory reactivity and multisensory integration, best explain the differences between subtypes, however this has yet to be tested. The present study tests this hypothesis by examining the latent constructs underlying Lane's sensory subtypes. Participants for this study were caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 2–12 years. Caregiver responses on the Short Sensory Profile (SSP), used to establish Lane's sensory subtypes, were extracted from two existing datasets (total n = 287). Independent component analyses were conducted to test the fit and interpretability of a two-construct structure underlying the SSP, and therefore, the sensory subtypes. The first construct was largely comprised of the taste/smell sensitivity domain, which describes hyper-reactivity to taste and smell stimuli. The second construct had a significant contribution from the low energy/weak domain, which describes behaviors that may be indicative of difficulties with multisensory integration. Findings provide initial support for our hypothesis that sensory reactivity and multisensory integration underlie Lane's sensory subtypes in ASD.
- Subject
- autism; sensory subtypes; independent component analysis; sensory features; sensory processing
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1353115
- Identifier
- uon:31032
- Identifier
- ISSN:1939-3792
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the above article, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1787. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving
- Language
- eng
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