SPQ-10
ValidatedSensory Perception Quotient – 10 items (SPQ-10)
Adults (16+)Self~2 min10 questions
Below is a list of statements. Please read each statement very carefully and rate how strongly you agree or disagree with it. There are no right or wrong answers, or trick questions.
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About this screener — evidence, source, alternatives
Ten statements about noticing faint smells, tastes, sounds, sights and touch, scored 0–3 (total 0–30). Higher scores mean greater sensory sensitivity. A short form of the Sensory Perception Quotient; it describes sensory sensitivity and has no clinical cut-off.
Evidence · validated
In 671,606 adults aged 16–89 (Greenberg et al., 2018), mean SPQ-10 scores were 13.99 (SD 5.51) in men and 14.82 (5.74) in women without autism, versus 16.33 (6.27) and 17.10 (6.16) in men and women reporting an autism diagnosis (case–control Cohen’s d 0.38–0.39). There is no validated cut-off, so the total is reported without bands.
Free alternative to
- Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP) · Pearson
Paid adult sensory-processing questionnaire; the SPQ is a free measure of basic sensory sensitivity.
Source & licence
Greenberg DM, Warrier V, Allison C, Baron-Cohen S. Testing the Empathizing–Systemizing theory of sex differences and the Extreme Male Brain theory of autism in half a million people. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2018;115(48):12152–12157. doi:10.1073/pnas.1811032115
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