Table 1.
Sample Demographics of Baseline Sample (N=917)
| No Preschool Sensory Over- Responsivity (N=624; 79.5%) |
Preschool Sensory Over-Responsivitya (N=293; 20.5%) |
Statisticse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at Baseline | |||
| Years [Mean (SD)] | 3.97 (1.37) | 3.84 (0.97) | t (914) = 1.3, p = .20 |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 305 (49.8%) | 146 (59.4%) | χ2(1) = 5.4, p = .02 |
| Male | 319 (50.2%) | 147 (40.7%) | |
| Ethnicity/Race | |||
| African American | 275 (31.4%) | 109 (35.8%) | χ2(3) = 2.2, p = .53 |
| Caucasian | 223 (47.4%) | 124 (44.9%) | |
| Hispanic | 69(13.4%) | 35 (10.6%) | |
| Other | 57 (7.9%) | 25 (8.8%) | |
| Povertyb | |||
| Below Federal Poverty Line |
114 (10.2%) | 54(18.7%) | χ2(1) = 9.6, p < .002 |
| Preschool Anxiety Disordersc |
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| Any Anxiety | 175 (13.3%) | 152 (43.3%) | χ2(1) = 85.6,p < .001 |
| Generalized Anxiety | 86 (5.9%) | 89 (18.9%) | χ2(1) = 32.3, p < .001 |
| Separation Anxiety | 94 (5.6%) | 100 (29.8%) | χ2(1) = 92.9, p < .001 |
| Social Phobia | 67 (5.7%) | 68 (14.4%) | χ2(1) = 16.3, p < .001 |
| Other Preschool Disorders | |||
| Any Other Disorderd | 106 (8%) | 84 (21%) | χ2(1) = 24.3, p < .001 |
Note. With the exception of age, all values are N (%), where the N’s are absolute numbers and the percentages are weighted back to original screening sample of 3,433 children.
For this analysis, preschool sensory over-responsivity was modeled as a dichotomous variable. Children were included in the preschool sensory over-responsivity group if they met criteria for at least one sensory over-responsivity on the PAPA.
Poverty status was not reported for 73 children.
For this analysis, preschool anxiety disorders were modeled dichotomously. Children had to meet diagnostic an impairment criteria for each disorder to be included in the group.
Other disorders included ADHD, conduct disorder, depression, and oppositional defiant disorder.
Differences between the no preschool sensory over-responsivity and the preschool sensory over-responsivity groups were tested with chi-square statistics and t-tests. Numbers in parentheses represent degrees of freedom and p-values are for the weighted analyses.