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Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published on: April 22, 2015
Children's sensory processing sensitivity and prosocial behaviors: Testing the differential susceptibility theory
Xile Li1, Zhi Li2, Jialing Jiang3
1Faculty of Education, Southwest University.
Abstract:
We conducted two studies to investigate whether children (3-6 years old) with high sensory processing sensitivity show greater susceptibility toward environmental influence in their prosocial development. In two independent samples (NStudy 1 = 120, 55 boys, 65 girls; NStudy 2 = 151, 72 boys, 79 girls), we successfully replicated the findings that children with high sensory processing sensitivity, particularly aesthetic sensitivity, demonstrated stronger susceptibility to the influence of negative parenting in their prosocial behaviors. In the laboratory experimental setting (Study 2), we found that children high in sensory processing sensitivity demonstrated stronger susceptibility to observed negative feedback compared to children with low sensitivity. The heightened susceptibility to observed feedback may potentially be attributed to their enhanced emotional reactivity in reaction to environmental stimuli. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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