Sensory Clusters of Adults With and Without Autism Spectrum Conditions
(2017) In Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 47(3). p.579-589- Abstract
We identified clusters of atypical sensory functioning adults with ASC by hierarchical cluster analysis. A new scale for commonly self-reported sensory reactivity was used as a measure. In a low frequency group (n = 37), all subscale scores were relatively low, in particular atypical sensory/motor reactivity. In the intermediate group (n = 17) hyperreactivity, sensory interests and sensory/motor issues were significantly elevated in relation to the first group, but not hyporeactivity. In a high frequency subgroup (n = 17) all subscale scores were significantly elevated and co-occurrence of hyper- and hyporeactivity was evident. In a population sample, a cluster of low scorers (n = 136) and high scorers relative to the other cluster (n =... (More)
We identified clusters of atypical sensory functioning adults with ASC by hierarchical cluster analysis. A new scale for commonly self-reported sensory reactivity was used as a measure. In a low frequency group (n = 37), all subscale scores were relatively low, in particular atypical sensory/motor reactivity. In the intermediate group (n = 17) hyperreactivity, sensory interests and sensory/motor issues were significantly elevated in relation to the first group, but not hyporeactivity. In a high frequency subgroup (n = 17) all subscale scores were significantly elevated and co-occurrence of hyper- and hyporeactivity was evident. In a population sample, a cluster of low scorers (n = 136) and high scorers relative to the other cluster (n = 26) was found. Identification of atypical sensory reactivity is important for targeting support.
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- author
- Elwin, Marie ; Schröder, Agneta ; Ek, Lena ; Wallsten, Tuula and Kjellin, Lars
- publishing date
- 2017-03
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adults, Autism spectrum, Cluster analysis, Sensory reactivity
- in
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- volume
- 47
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85002444271
- pmid:27921201
- ISSN
- 0162-3257
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10803-016-2976-1
- language
- English
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- d1daec65-b0a9-4038-a896-28ffaa6ea115
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abstract = {{<p>We identified clusters of atypical sensory functioning adults with ASC by hierarchical cluster analysis. A new scale for commonly self-reported sensory reactivity was used as a measure. In a low frequency group (n = 37), all subscale scores were relatively low, in particular atypical sensory/motor reactivity. In the intermediate group (n = 17) hyperreactivity, sensory interests and sensory/motor issues were significantly elevated in relation to the first group, but not hyporeactivity. In a high frequency subgroup (n = 17) all subscale scores were significantly elevated and co-occurrence of hyper- and hyporeactivity was evident. In a population sample, a cluster of low scorers (n = 136) and high scorers relative to the other cluster (n = 26) was found. Identification of atypical sensory reactivity is important for targeting support.</p>}},
author = {{Elwin, Marie and Schröder, Agneta and Ek, Lena and Wallsten, Tuula and Kjellin, Lars}},
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language = {{eng}},
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series = {{Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders}},
title = {{Sensory Clusters of Adults With and Without Autism Spectrum Conditions}},
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doi = {{10.1007/s10803-016-2976-1}},
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