<p>Performance of the Arabic Population on the Adolescent-Adult Sensory Profile: An Observational Study</p>

Abstract

Background: The Adult-Adolescent Sensory Profile (AASP) is a questionnaire developed to measure the way in which people in different age groups respond to different sensory stimuli. These sensory stimuli may uncover different behavioral problems that may affect activities of daily living. This observational study aimed to validate the Arabic version of the AASP used to assess the sensory processing abilities of healthy individuals. Methods: Participants comprised 560 Jordanians aged 11 years and older. Participants were recruited from different community centers in Amman, Jordan during 10th March 2017 to 10th September 2017. The English version of the AASP was translated into Arabic and all participants were instructed to complete this version of the scale. Results: Internal consistency was 0.78 and 0.79 for the Arabic and the English version, respectively. The ranges of cut-off scores in the Arabic version were higher than the English version for all the quadrants of the scale. The biggest differences were found in the sensation seeking and sensory sensitivity quadrants. In certain age groups (11-17 and 18-64 years), women were more sensitive compared with men. Conclusion: The Arabic version of the AASP showed good internal consistency and can be used to assess the sensory processing abilities of healthy individuals.

Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Turkish Adult Sensory Processing Scale

“…In the literature, it is asserted that sensory responses in healthy individuals are related to various factors such as age, gender, geographic area, culture, belief, education level and employment status. In the evaluations made according to age ranges in different cultures, and including the original AASP study, it was highlighted that reference values specific to each age group should be established (Brown and Dunn, 2002; Gándara-Gafo et al, 2019; Al-Momani et al, 2020; Almomani et al, 2014). Engel-Yeger found that a relatively high percentage of Israeli participants in the three age groups were in the performance ranges ‘more or less than most people’ in the different AASP quadrants; however, in general, quadrant mean scores and standard deviations of the evaluated population have been reported to have achieved results consistent with the AASP guideline (Engel-Yeger, 2012).…”

“…The results showed the cut-off scores were larger in the ‘less’ categories and higher in the ‘more than’ categories in the Arabic version. Arabic people’s different sensory stimuli responses have been associated with religion, cultural habits and the plain physical features in cities (Al-Momani et al, 2020). When the AASP Turkish sensory quadrant scores were compared to the original study reference values, Üçgül et al found that almost half of the healthy participants differed from ‘like most people’ as demonstrated in the sensory seeking (45%), sensory sensitivity (50%) and sensory avoidance (49%) quadrant scores (Üçgül et al, 2017).…”