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Family Accommodation Scale for Sensory Over-Responsivity: A Measure Development Study.

Ayelet Ben-Sasson¹, Tamar Yonit Podoly^2,3, Eli Lebowitz⁴

¹Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Frontiers in Psychology

|June 2, 2022

Summary

Parents often accommodate children with sensory over-responsivity (SOR) to reduce distress. A new scale, the Family Accommodation Scale for Sensory Over-Responsivity (FASENS), shows high reliability and validity, particularly for children with health conditions.

Keywords:

children family accommodations measure development sensory modulation sensory over-responsivity

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Area of Science:

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Occupational Therapy
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Family accommodation, common in childhood anxiety, involves parental efforts to prevent child distress.
Sensory over-responsivity (SOR) in children causes distress, potentially leading to family accommodation.
The impact of family accommodation on children with SOR is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To validate a new scale measuring family accommodation for sensory over-responsivity (SOR) in children.
To examine the psychometric properties of the Family Accommodation Scale for Sensory Over-Responsivity (FASENS).
To investigate the relationship between SOR, family accommodation, and the presence of health conditions.

Main Methods:

Parents (N=301, ages 3-13) completed online surveys including the Child Sensory Profile 2 and the FASENS.
The FASENS, a 18-item scale, assesses accommodation frequency and impact on family and child well-being.
Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the scale's structure.

Main Results:

The FASENS demonstrated high internal consistency (α = 0.94) and a robust 3-factor structure.
FASENS scores significantly correlated with SOR symptoms and other sensory processing patterns.
Parents of children with health conditions reported higher FASENS scores and greater sensory challenges.

Conclusions:

The FASENS is a reliable and valid measure for assessing family accommodation in pediatric SOR.
Family accommodation for SOR is prevalent, especially in children with co-occurring health conditions.
Further research is needed to determine the adaptiveness of these accommodations and potential benefits of reduction strategies.