Sensory Profile of People With High Intellectual Potential (HIP) (HPIsens)

Sensory Profile of People With High Intellectual Potential

This is a prospective observational psychology study on a non-clinical population, involving the use of questionnaires (non-interventional research).

This study involves the collection of data associated with High Intellectual Potential characteristics, sensory profile, and includes clinical measures such as anxiety anxiety, autistic traits and coping in High Intellectual Potential and control participants.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: High Intellectual Potential
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Scales; Other: High Intellectual Potential Scale

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 160

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Aude Paquet, PhD in Psychology; Phone Number: +33 5-55-43-11-27; Email: aude.paquet@ch-esquirol-limoges.fr

Study Locations

• France
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
    • Limoges, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, 87025
      • Recruiting
      • Esquirol Hospital Center
      • Contact: Alexandra Foucher, University degree; Phone Number: +33 5-55-43-11-00; Email: alexandra.foucher@ch-esquirol-limoges.fr
      • Principal Investigator: Aude Paquet, PhD in Psychology

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Subjects with High Intellectual Potential will be recruited on a voluntary basis :

• in the offices of private psychologists, on the psychologist's recommendation or by posting in waiting rooms
• through communication on social networks Subjects control will be recruited on a voluntary basis from the personal and professional environment of the people involved in this study and through communication on social networks.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• High Intellectual Potential:
• Participants with a High Intellectual Potential : Cognitive assessment using the WAIS or WISC-V scale by a psychologist; Intelligence Quotient (IQ) ≥ 130, in the case of a homogeneous cognitive profile, or General Aptitude Index (GAI) > 130 [124-134], in the case of a heterogeneous cognitive profile
• Gender and Age: Male or female, aged 18 to 65
• Consent: Free, informed, and written consent (e-CRF)
• Control :
• Gender and Age: Male or female, aged 18 to 65
• Consent: Free, informed, and written consent (e-CRF)

Exclusion Criteria:

• High Intellectual Potential:
• History or declared psychiatric disorder (characterized depressive episode, personality disorder, addiction, eating disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder)
• Neurodevelopmental disorders (autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder , developmental coordination disorder)
• Sensory disability
• Subjects under guardianship or curatorship
• Pregnant or breast-feeding women
• Control :
• Presence of High Intellectual Potential known
• Presence of intellectual development disorder
• History or declared psychiatric disorder (characterized depressive episode, personality disorder, addiction, eating disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder)
• Neurodevelopmental disorders (autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder , developmental coordination disorder)
• Sensory disability
• Subjects under guardianship or curatorship
• Pregnant or breast-feeding women

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
High Intellectual Potential; Subjects with a High Intellectual Potential : Cognitive assessment using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III or WAIS-IV) scale or Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-VI or WISC-V) scale by a psychologist. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) ≥ 130, in the case of a homogeneous cognitive profile, or General Aptitude Index (GAI) ≥ 130 [124-134], in the case of a heterogeneous cognitive profile	Other: Scales; This observational study consists of data collection using a structured questionnaire based on an e-CRF, distributed by e-mail. Four questionnaires were administered : the Revised Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale (RAADS-R-Fr), the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y). Socio-demographic and treatments were collected.; Other: High Intellectual Potential Scale; For participants with High Intellectual Potential, the total Intelligence Quotient (IQ) or General Ability Index (GAI), along with the index scores from the Wechsler scales (Verbal Comprehension Index, Perceptual Reasoning Index, Working Memory Index, and Processing Speed Index), will be extracted from the cognitive assessment previously completed by the participant prior to study enrollment.
Control; Subjects whitout High Intellectual Potential	Other: Scales; This observational study consists of data collection using a structured questionnaire based on an e-CRF, distributed by e-mail. Four questionnaires were administered : the Revised Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale (RAADS-R-Fr), the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y). Socio-demographic and treatments were collected.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sensory profile from the Adolescent and Adult Sensory Profile according to each group.	Sensory profile scores is obtained using the self-report questionnaire Adolescent and Adult Sensory Profile (AASP) after the participant has been included in the study. Subscores for sensory sensitivity, low registration, sensation seeking, and sensation avoidance are collected. For each subscore, the minimum and maximum values range from 15 to 75. A high score indicates high sensory sensitivity.	At enrollment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Description of the frequency of autistic traits for each group	The frequency of autistic traits will be obtained using the Revised Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale (RAADS-R-Fr) during an individual interview after the participant has been included in the study. The minimum and maximum values range from 0 to 240. The generally accepted threshold for significant autistic traits is 70. A high score indicate high autistic traits.	At enrollment
Sensory profile from the Adolescent and Adult Sensory Profile according to the cognitive profile of the High Intellectual Potential group.	Sensory profile scores will be obtained using the Adolescent and Adult Sensory Profile (AASP) scale during an individual interview after the participant has been included in the study. Subscores for sensory sensitivity, low registration, sensation seeking, and sensation avoidance will be collected. For each subscore, the minimum and maximum values range from 15 to 75. A high score indicates high sensory sensitivity.	At enrollment
Scores for anxiety from the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory according to each group	Anxiety scores will be obtained using the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y) scale during an individual interview after the participant has been included in the study. Subscores for State Anxiety and Trait Anxiety will be collected. For each subscore, the minimum and maximum values range from 20 to 80. A high score indicates high anxiety	At enrollment
Scores for task coping drawn from the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations according to each group	Coping scores will be obtained using the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) scale during an individual interview after the participant has been included in the study. The task-oriented coping subscore, emotion subscore, avoidance subscore, distraction subscore, and social diversion subscore will be collected. The minimum and maximum values range from 16 to 90. A high score indicates high oriented coping.	At enrollment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Esquirol

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 9, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 9, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): July 18, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 24, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 21, 2025
• Last Verified: July 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Anxiety; Sensory Processing; Coping Strategies; Sensory Profile; Autistic traits; High Intellectual Potential
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2024-A02488-39

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No