Development and Validation of a Japanese Version of the Sensory Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) 3.0: Structural Differences of Sensory Features Across Autistic Children.

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Τίτλος:	Development and Validation of a Japanese Version of the Sensory Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) 3.0: Structural Differences of Sensory Features Across Autistic Children.
Συγγραφείς:	Atsumi T; Department of Medical Physiology, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan., Ito H; Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan., Shinjo A; Department of Medical Physiology, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan., Fukutomi T; Department of Rehabilitation for Brain Functions, Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons With Disabilities, Saitama, Japan., Terao Y; Department of Medical Physiology, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan., Ide M; Department of Rehabilitation for Brain Functions, Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons With Disabilities, Saitama, Japan., Matsushima K; Graduate School of Life Health Science, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
Πηγή:	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research [Autism Res] 2026 Sep; Vol. 19 (9), pp. e70317. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jul 25.
Τύπος έκδοσης:	Journal Article; Validation Study
Γλώσσα:	English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού:	Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101461858 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1939-3806 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19393806 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Autism Res Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):	Original Publication: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH):	Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnosis , Autism Spectrum Disorder/physiopathology , Autism Spectrum Disorder/complications , Autistic Disorder , Sensation*, Humans ; Child ; Male ; Female ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Psychometrics ; Japan ; Reproducibility of Results ; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ; East Asian People
Περίληψη:	People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have unique sensory experiences. For both research and clinical purposes, tools that measure sensory features in autism are valuable; however, a gold-standard tool does not yet exist. The Sensory Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) 3.0 is a well-established caregiver-/parent-report questionnaire for autistic children and other neurodivergent individuals. This study aimed to develop and psychometrically validate the Japanese version of the SEQ 3.0 (SEQ-J). After validation, we examined the differences in sensory response patterns among children with ASD, those with other neurodevelopmental conditions, and typically developing (TD) children to determine whether the SEQ assesses ASD-specific sensory features. We recruited 154 children with ASD (44 with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] and 66 with other conditions) and 156 TD children, aged 6-12 years. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed an acceptable model fit for four content factors (sensory hyper- and hyporesponsiveness, sensory interests, repetitive and seeking behaviors, and enhanced perception) and six method factors (five sensory modalities and social context) in both children with and without ASD. We performed representational similarity analyses (RSAs) on all 10 SEQ factors, comparing both between- and within-group data. The RSAs revealed no difference in within-group similarities between the ASD group with no other developmental conditions and ASD + ADHD groups, but a significant difference in the overall configuration of scores between diagnostic groups compared to other group combinations. These findings support the psychometric validity of the SEQ-J for measuring sensory response patterns specific to children with ASD. Additionally, the structural configuration of SEQ subscores may be useful for investigating sensory features across diagnostic conditions, including ASD. (© 2026 International Society for Autism Research and Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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Grant Information:	JP24H01558 MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology); JP23K03017 JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science); JP22K11408 JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science); JP24K15690 JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science); Nippon Life Insurance Foundation
Contributed Indexing:	Keywords: attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder; autism spectrum disorder; representational similarity analysis; sensory experience questionnaire; sensory feature Local Abstract: [plain-language-summary] Sensory Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) 3.0 is a well‐established caregiver questionnaire for understanding sensory response patterns in autistic children. We created the Japanese version and showed that it works well and provides consistent results for Japanese children. The SEQ scores on sensory response patterns helped distinguish autistic children from non‐autistic peers, and the sensory experience structure across subscales may also help compare sensory features across other conditions, such as ADHD.
Entry Date(s):	Date Created: 20260725 Date Completed: 20260923 Latest Revision: 20260924
Update Code:	20260925
DOI:	10.1002/aur.70317
PMID:	42500882
Βάση Δεδομένων:	MEDLINE

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