Laros-van Gorkom Britta A P, Damatac Christienne G, Stevelmans Inez, Greven Corina U
Faculty of Psychology, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands.
Department of Hematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jan 15;15:1465407. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1465407. eCollection 2024.
Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) describes individual differences in sensitivity to environments, but there is little research on potential positive correlates of SPS. Hereby we investigate whether SPS and its Aesthetic Sensitivity (AES) component are associated with different facets of creativity and empathy.
Questionnaires on SPS, creativity and empathy were administered to 296 participants and data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression.
Higher SPS total and AES scores were associated with more creative ideas (SPS: β = 0.294, pfdr < 0.001; AES: β = 0.484, pfdr < 0.001). Only AES was associated with more creative activities (AES: β = 0.292, pfdr < 0.001). Furthermore, higher SPS total and AES scores were associated with more overall empathy (SPS: β = 0.428, pfdr < 0.001; AES: β = 0.373, pfdr < 0.001), affective empathy (SPS: β = 0.507, pfdr < 0.001; AES: β = 0.331, pfdr < 0.001), cognitive empathy (SPS: β = 0.2692, pfdr < 0.001; AES: β = 0.347, pfdr < 0.001), and less emotional disconnection (SPS: β = 0.234, pfdr β 0.001; AES: β = 0.210, pfdr β 0.001). Most associations remained significant after controlling for openness to experience, and the other SPS components of ease of excitation and low sensory threshold and gender, age, and education.
We conclude that SPS and AES are associated with creativity and empathy. Strengthening these positive aspects might help highly sensitive people flourish.
感官加工敏感性（SPS）描述了个体对环境敏感度的差异，但关于SPS潜在积极关联的研究较少。在此，我们调查SPS及其审美敏感性（AES）成分是否与创造力和同理心的不同方面相关。
对296名参与者进行了关于SPS、创造力和同理心的问卷调查，并使用分层多元回归分析数据。
较高的SPS总分和AES得分与更多的创造性想法相关（SPS：β = 0.294，pfdr < 0.001；AES：β = 0.484，pfdr < 0.001）。只有AES与更多的创造性活动相关（AES：β = 0.292，pfdr < 0.001）。此外，较高的SPS总分和AES得分与更多的总体同理心相关（SPS：β = 0.428，pfdr < 0.001；AES：β = 0.373，pfdr < 0.001），情感同理心（SPS：β = 0.507，pfdr < 0.001；AES：β = 0.331，pfdr < 0.001），认知同理心（SPS：β = 0.2692，pfdr < 0.001；AES：β = 0.347，pfdr < 0.001），以及更少的情感脱节（SPS：β = 0.234，pfdr β 0.001；AES：β = 0.210，pfdr β 0.001）。在控制了经验开放性、SPS的其他成分易兴奋性和低感官阈值以及性别、年龄和教育程度后，大多数关联仍然显著。
我们得出结论，SPS和AES与创造力和同理心相关。强化这些积极方面可能有助于高敏感人群蓬勃发展。
