Validation of the German Glasgow Sensory Questionnaire in autistic adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We validated the German version of the Glasgow Sensory Questionnaire (GSQ), a self-report questionnaire for adults assessing the processing of stimuli regarding hypo- and hypersensitivity in seven sensory modalities. Since the GSQ is intended for the use in autistic adults, we aimed to complement our previous study on students with high and low Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ; Zeisel et al., BMC Psychiatry 23:426, 2023), by surveying groups of autistic and non-autistic adults, to present the sensory processing profiles of the two groups, to identify the factor structure of the questionnaire in a group of autistic individuals and to identify the diagnostic value of a cut-off score for heightened sensory sensitivity in German autistic adults.

Methods

A sample of autist

SUBMITTER: Jakob IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786423 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature