Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda
Radboud University Nijmegen · King's College London · +10 more institutions
Abstract
Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) is a common, heritable and evolutionarily conserved trait describing inter-individual differences in sensitivity to both negative and positive environments. Despite societal interest in SPS, scientific knowledge is lagging behind. Here, we critically discuss how SPS relates to other theories, how to measure SPS, whether SPS is a continuous vs categorical trait, its relation to other temperament and personality traits, the underlying aetiology and neurobiological mechanisms, and relations to both typical and atypical development, including mental and sensory disorders. Drawing on the diverse expertise of the authors, we set an agenda for future research to stimulate the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 32.23
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 201
Authors
11- CUCorina U. GrevenCorresponding
Radboud University Nijmegen, King's College London, Radboud University Medical Center, Dutch Expert Centre for Screening, Karakter
- FLFrancesca Lionetti
Queen Mary University of London
- CBCharlotte Booth
University of Oxford
- ENElaine N. Aron
Stony Brook University
- EFElaine Fox
University of Oxford
Topics & keywords
- Trait
- Psychology
- Sensory processing
- Context (archaeology)
- Lagging
- Temperament
- Cognitive psychology
- Set (abstract data type)