Modifying quantitative sensory testing to investigate tactile sensory function and behavioral reactivity in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities: establishing feasibility and testing sex, autism, and self-injury effects

Table 3 Two-sample t-tests examining differences in behavioral reactivity to mQST stimuli between participants who Self-Injure compared to Non-Self-Injuring participants (RBS-EC)

mQST Stimulus	No SIB Group (n = 10)		SIB Group (n = 36)		t	df	p	Cohen’s d
mQST Stimulus	M	SD	M	SD	t	df	p	Cohen’s d
Sham	0.85	0.78	1.94	1.25	-2.624	44	0.083	-0.938
Light touch	2.95	2.66	2.67	1.73	0.396	43	0.950	0.142
Pin	3.75	2.71	3.69	2.45	0.072	43	0.950	0.026
Cool	2.39	1.93	3.37	2.44	-1.116	42	0.950	-0.417
Pressure	3.56	2.78	3.75	2.46	-0.206	41	0.950	-0.077
Repeated Von Frey (first 5s)	4.64	2.41	4.57	2.67	0.064	39	0.950	0.026
Repeated Von Frey (last 5s)	2.21	1.93	6.14	3.44	-2.910	40	0.047	-1.206
Heat	2.64	1.86	3.52	2.58	-0.840	33	0.950	-0.355

Note. The no-SIB group includes participants with a score of 0 on the self-directed behaviors subscale on the RBS-EC. The SIB group includes participants with a score of 1 or more on the self-directed behaviors subscale on the RBS-EC. Reported p-values were adjusted for multiple comparisons using the Benjamini-Hochberg method

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