ISSN 2520-6265 (print)
ISSN 2520-6273 (online)
Author:
Yu. V. Vakulenko,PhD student of the Department of Psychodiagnostics and Clinical Psychology Faculty of Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
ORCID: 0000-0003-2354-4169
E-mail: vakulenko2094@gmail.com
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/upj.2020.1(13).3
Article Information
Issue: 1(13) 2020, pages: 44-57
Language: Ukrainian
Received: 01.02.2020
1 st Revision: 15.02.2020
Accepted: 22.02.2020
Abstract
The article describes and analyzes the questionnaire “Short Sensory Profile (SSP)”. The original variant of the Profile, its features and advantages in using as a diagnostic tool and as an informational material describing for parents the specifics of their children’s disorders are described. The impaired processing and integration of sensory information characteristic for healthy children and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is examined. Attention is drawn that sensory features and its violations characteristic for healthy and ASD children should be researched with a Ukrainian sample.
The results of SSP adaptation and validation with the sample of Ukrainian children are presented. The questionnaire was translated into Ukrainian language from the original one (English) by a professional interpreter. The adapted version passed an asymmetrical translation, which helped to preserve the meanings of used statements and comply with the requirements of language clarity and certainty. The parents of 506 children (293 healthy children and 213 children with autism spectrum disorder) took part in the questionnaire adaptation; they filled the questionnaire about their children’s sensory patterns. Children were further divided into 6 groups by age and the presence / absence of a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder. Excel 2016 was used to calculate the scores, and IBM SPSS v.23 statistical application was used to check the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire. The SSP psychometric characteristics, such as internal consistency of the statements, retest reliability, obvious validity, validity by the criteria and constructive validity, were at high and sufficient levels.
The procedure and interpretation of the study results were standardized. For this, the frequency distribution was calculated by the general indicator and additionally by age groups to determine the severity of sensory disturbances in children and adolescents.
According to the results of frequency distribution, the overall distribution of scores was determined, which gave the possibility to determine the presence and severity of the violations in processing and integration of sensory information by children and adolescents.
Key words: feelings, sensory processes, sensory integration, sensory processing disorder, autism spectrum disorder, autism, adaptation, testing, reliability, validity, standardization.
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