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

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)

	Sex	SPQ	SPQ	SPQ	SPQ	SPQ	SPQ Smell	SPQ Taste
	Sex	Full	Short	Vision	Hearing	Touch	SPQ Smell	SPQ Taste
ASC group	Both	92.95	38.55	22.12	22.56	18.35	14.56	14.34
	Both	(±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
	Male	(±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
	Female	(±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
	Both	(±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
	Male	(±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
	Female	(±21.71)	(±14.60)	(±5.82)	(±4.93)	(±5.52)	(±5.69)	(±4.75)
Group difference?		6.71^a	8.20^a	58.33^a	26.80^a	41.74^a	.89	16.80^a
F (p)		(.01)	(004)	(.0001)	(.0001)	(.0001)	(.34)	(.000)
Sex difference?		8.42^a	2.41	2.85	2.18	.26	6.73^a	21.12^a
F (p)		(.004)	(.12)	(.09)	(.14)	(.60)	(.01)	(.0001)

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.
^aP values ≤ .01

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