Skip to main content
. 2016 Dec 19;22(3):291–298. doi: 10.1177/1362361316680497

Table 2.

Relationships between startle measures and Sensory Profile scores.

N Peak startle latency
Acoustic startle magnitude
43 65 dB
75 dB
85 dB
95 dB
105 dB
43 43 43 42 41
Sensory Profile scores
Quadrant scores
 Low registration rho 0.372 0.286 0.387 0.170 0.217 0.038
p 0.014* 0.063 0.010** 0.276 0.167 0.813
 Sensation seeking rho 0.380 0.432 0.501 0.405 0.415 0.215
p 0.012* 0.004** 0.001** 0.007** 0.006** 0.176
 Sensory sensitivity rho 0.250 0.430 0.499 0.359 0.326 0.144
p 0.105 0.004** 0.001** 0.018* 0.035* 0.368
 Sensation avoiding rho 0.379 0.419 0.485 0.330 0.352 0.176
p 0.012* 0.005** 0.001** 0.031* 0.022* 0.270
 Total score rho 0.374 0.401 0.479 0.317 0.367 0.159
p 0.013* 0.008** 0.001** 0.038* 0.017* 0.321

Spearman’s rank-order correlation; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.