Christoph Klein, Teresa Miczuga, Hannah Röring, Marie Kost, Nico Bast, U Thiemann, TomaszA Jarczok, C Fleischhaker, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Andreas Riedel, Monica Biscaldi
Although the DSM-5 has emphasised the relevance of sensory abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), there are hardly any measures to assess them in German speaking countries. The present study translated the "Sensory Perception Questionnaire" (SPQ) by Tavassoli et al. (2014) to German and validated this scale. The SPQ is a self-rating scale for adults which focuses on perceptual aspects rather than cognitive or motivational antecedents or consequences of such perceptual processes. A total of 188 subjects participated in this study, including n=85 participants with ASD and n=103 neurotypical controls...
September 7, 2022: Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie