Relationship between Sensory Responsivity, Loneliness, and Anxiety among Indian Adults with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
U. Ganapathy Sankar
, Monisha. R*, Christopher Amalraj Vallaba Doss and Palanivel R. MSRM College of Occupational therapy, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Chennai.
Corresponding Author E-mail : dreamsfuture000@gmail.com
Abstract: Awareness of Developmental coordination disorder has greatly increased and even when it is late in life, diagnosis of DCD in adults will help in majority of ways. To solve the debate and mystery in the literature, the current study examines the association between sensory hyper-responsiveness, anxiety and loneliness in adults with DCD. Current study involved adults with DCD (n = 15, 10 men and 5 women; age group: 20–40 years). All participants had a documented diagnosis of DCD by a registered psychiatrist. Sensory processing, loneliness, and anxiety were assessed with the Adult Sensory Profile, short-form UCLA loneliness scale, and Beck Anxiety Inventory, respectively. There exist a perfect correlation between Sensory hyper-responsiveness with anxiety and loneliness. This study concludes and insisted the need for Interventions for sensory processing difficulties to improve the psychological well-being of adults with DCD.
Keywords: Anxiety; DCD; Sensory Integration Therapy; Sensory Responsiveness Back to TOC