Pilot study of the Sensory Over-Responsivity Scales: assessment and inventory

This article describes 3 stages of construction of the Sensory Over-Responsivity (SensOR) Scales: instrument development, reliability and validity analyses, and cross-validation on a new sample. The SensOR Scales include the SensOR Assessment, an examiner-administered performance evaluation, and the...

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Published in:The American journal of occupational therapy 2008-07, Vol.62 (4), p.393-406
Main Authors: Schoen, Sarah A, Miller, Lucy Jane, Green, Kathy E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adolescent
Adult
Assessment
Beliefs
Caregivers
Carers
Child
Child, Preschool
Construct Validity
Data entry
Decision-making
Discriminant validity
Discrimination
Evidence Based Practice
Evidence-based medicine
Humans
Hyperactivity
Integrity
Interdisciplinary aspects
Management
Measurement Techniques
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Occupational therapy
Perceptual Disorders - diagnosis
Performance evaluation
Pilot Projects
Practice
Psychometrics
Rating Scales
Reliability
School Districts
Sensation Disorders - diagnosis
Sensors
Sensory integration disorders
Sensory perception
Severity of Illness Index
Stimuli
Validity
Young Adult
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Summary:This article describes 3 stages of construction of the Sensory Over-Responsivity (SensOR) Scales: instrument development, reliability and validity analyses, and cross-validation on a new sample. The SensOR Scales include the SensOR Assessment, an examiner-administered performance evaluation, and the SensOR Inventory, a caregiver self-rating scale. Both scales measure sensory overresponsivity in 7 sensory domains. Data were collected from 2 samples consisting of participants who were typically developing (ns = 60 and 44, respectively) and participants with sensory overresponsivity (ns = 65 and 48, respectively), ages 3 to 55. In developing the research edition, items on the pilot version were reviewed for their internal consistency reliability, discriminant validity, and construct validity. Data from both samples on the research edition revealed high internal consistency reliability for domains and the total test and significant discrimination between the overresponsive and the typically responsive groups (p < .05). The preliminary psychometric integrity of the scales, along with continued research efforts, is an important contribution to evidence-based practice.
ISSN:0272-9490
1943-7676
DOI:10.5014/ajot.62.4.393