Brown Ted, Leo Monica, Austin David W
Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University-Peninsula Campus, Victoria, Australia.
Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2008;28(3):253-66. doi: 10.1080/01942630802224983.
The discriminant validity of the Sensory Profile was evaluated by comparing the sensory processing scores of Australian children, 5 to 8 years of age, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to a control group of children with typical development matched for age and gender.
Twenty-six parents of children with ASD and 26 parents of typically developing children without ASD completed the Sensory Profile. Sensory Profile category, factor, and quadrant scores were compared using multivariate analysis to investigate if there were differences between the two groups.
The results indicated that the children with ASD had significantly lower sensory processing scores on all fourteen categories, eight out of nine factors, and all four quadrants of the Sensory Profile.
The results also provide evidence of discriminant validity of Sensory Profile scores between children with ASD and children with typical development. In addition, the study findings indicate that the Sensory Profile can be used with confidence in cross-cultural contexts, such as Australia.
通过比较5至8岁被诊断为自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的澳大利亚儿童与年龄和性别匹配的典型发育对照组儿童的感觉处理得分，评估《感觉概况量表》的区分效度。
26名ASD儿童的家长和26名无ASD的典型发育儿童的家长完成了《感觉概况量表》。使用多变量分析比较《感觉概况量表》的类别、因子和象限得分，以调查两组之间是否存在差异。
结果表明，ASD儿童在《感觉概况量表》的所有14个类别、9个因子中的8个以及所有4个象限上的感觉处理得分显著更低。
结果还为ASD儿童和典型发育儿童之间《感觉概况量表》得分的区分效度提供了证据。此外，研究结果表明，《感觉概况量表》可以在澳大利亚等跨文化背景下放心使用。
