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Table 5 The mean sensory perception quotient (SPQ) scores before and after item reduction and for all subscales for vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste, for females and males with and without Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)

From: The Sensory Perception Quotient (SPQ): development and validation of a new sensory questionnaire for adults with and without autism

 

Sex

SPQ

SPQ

SPQ

SPQ

SPQ

SPQ Smell

SPQ Taste

Full

Short

Vision

Hearing

Touch

ASC group

Both

92.95

38.55

22.12

22.56

18.35

14.56

14.34

(±26.61)

(18.68)

(±6.61)

(±5.41)

(±6.29)

(±8.34)

(±6.39)

Male

97.5

40.70

22.77

23.37

23.37

15.93

15.75

(±25.24)

(19.84)

(±6.36)

(±6.36)

(±5.33)

(±8.29)

(±5.78)

Female

88.21

36.25

21.54

21.54

18.58

13.12

12.87

(±27.30)

(±17.20)

(±6.84)

(±6.84)

(±5.39)

(±8.23)

(±6.69)

Control group

Both

108.96

43.01

27.12

25.85

22.74

14.85

16.25

(±20.53)

(±14.67)

(±5.35)

(±4.79)

(±5.20)

(±5.85)

(±5.09)

Male

110.06

43.01

27.25

25.58

22.70

16.00

17.85

(±17.53)

(±14.67)

(±4.16)

(±4.57)

(±4.46)

(±6.10)

(±5.50)

Female

106.84

44.57

27.09

25.95

22.74

14.34

15.53

(±21.71)

(±14.60)

(±5.82)

(±4.93)

(±5.52)

(±5.69)

(±4.75)

Group difference?

6.71a

8.20a

58.33a

26.80a

41.74a

.89

16.80a

F (p)

(.01)

(004)

(.0001)

(.0001)

(.0001)

(.34)

(.000)

Sex difference?

8.42a

2.41

2.85

2.18

.26

6.73a

21.12a

F (p)

(.004)

(.12)

(.09)

(.14)

(.60)

(.01)

(.0001)

  1. Standard deviations are shown in brackets. The SPQ full includes all 92 items and SPQ short includes the 35 item reduced version. In addition, group and sex differences are presented.
  2. aP values ≤ .01