Correlations between the Sensory Processing Profiles, Resilience, and Quality of Life of College Students

Abstract

This study investigated the sensory processing profiles, resilience, and quality of life of 102 college students. Their sensory processing profiles were determined using the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile(AASP); their resilience, with the Korean Resilience Quotient Test-53(KRQ-53); and their quality of life, with the Korean version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF(WHOQOL-BREF). The data were processed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis. For the sensory processing profiles, low registration and sensory sensitivity showed negative correlations with all the subdomains of resilience and quality of life except with the social relationships domain, and sensory seeking showed positive correlations with the self-regulation skills, the total score for resilience, and the subdomains of quality of life except physical health, the environment, and the overall domains. Finally, sensory avoiding showed negative correlations with all the subdomains except self-regulation skills and the interpersonal skills of resilience, social relationships, the environment, and the overall domains of quality of life. The results of this study showed that if the resilience and quality of life of college students are improved through appropriate interventions according to their individual sensory processing profiles, it will be possible to provide a foothold for their high-quality social participation as they transition to adulthood and full integration in society.