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SEX DIFFERENCES IN SENSORY INTEGRATION DYSFUNCTION
Author(s) -
Ziviani Jenny
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1980.tb01138.x
Subject(s) - sensory system , psychology , test (biology) , audiology , developmental psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , cognitive psychology , paleontology , biology
A discriminant analysis of test items in the Southern California Sensory Integration Test (SCSIT) Battery and the Southern California Postrotary Nystagmus Test (SCPNT) was performed to investigate sex‐related differences in sensory integration dysfunction. The analysis revealed a discriminahnt function differentiating between boys and girls, with boys showing less dysfunction in tests of spatial orientation, kinesthesia and standing balance than girls. In only one test item, Bilateral Motor Co‐ordination, did girls show less dysfunction than boys. Results are discussed in terms of performance studies which have suggested such a bias and also the implications for evaluation of children with sensory integration dysfunction.