A comparison of self-report and informant report of tactile defensiveness amongst children in Israel

✍ Scribed by Shula Parush; Yehudit Dauber Doryon; Noomi Katz

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 68 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0966-7903
• DOI: 10.1002/oti.41

✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this study was to compare self-report and informant report of Tactile Defensiveness (TD) for 43 Israeli children aged 4 years 7 months to 10 years old. The Touch Inventory for Elementary School-Aged Children (TIE) was used for the child's self-report and a modified version of the TIE questionnaire used for the parent's (informant) report. The scores on both the original TIE and the modified parent's version were then compared with an occupational therapist's rating of the degree of the child's tactile responsivity. Statistically, no significant correlation was found between the parent's report and the child's report. There was, however, a statistically significant correlation between the child's report and the therapist's evaluation of his or her tactile defensiveness. No statistically significant correlation was found between the parent's report and the therapist's evaluation. These results suggest that the child should also be considered a useful source of information in the assessment of the TD syndrome.