Journal
ASSESSMENT
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 607-629Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1073191120983894
Keywords
environmental sensitivity; sensory processing sensitivity; children; early adolescents; psychometric properties; multi-informants
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- KU Leuven Research Fund [C14/16/040]
- Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen)
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The study introduced HSC-21, a new sensitivity scale with a more informative factor structure, and investigated its psychometric properties in 1,088 children across Belgium and the Netherlands. Results showed good reliability and measurement properties of HSC-21, but no evidence was found for its moderating role in the relationship between parenting and problem behaviors.
Children differ in their sensitivity to positive and negative environmental influences, which can be measured with the Highly Sensitive Child (HSC) scale. The present study introduces the HSC-21, an adaptation of the original 12 item scale with new items and factor structure that are meant to be more informative than the original ones. The psychometric properties of the HSC-21 were investigated in 1,088 children across Belgium and the Netherlands, including child and mother reports. Results showed evidence for (a) bifactor model with a general sensitivity factor and two specific factors (i.e., Ease of Excitation-Low Sensory Threshold and Aesthetic Sensitivity); (b) (partial) measurement invariance across gender, developmental stage, country, and informants; (c) moderate child-mother agreement; (d) good reliability; (e) normally distributed item scores; and (f) meaningful associations with personality and temperament across both samples. No evidence was found for HSC-21 as a moderator in the relationship between parenting and problem behaviors.
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