Four of the lab’s students along with Dr. Rioux published a new paper in the journal Personality and Individual Differences on the sensory profile of the highly sensitive personality!
The paper examines associations between the sensory profile (behavioral responses to overstimulation) and the highly sensitive personality (sensitivity towards external and internal stimuli and emotional reactivity to overstimulation). This can help inform tailored interventions for highly sensitive people when an aspect of their sensitivity or reactions is not complementary to a desired aspect in their life.
This was conducted with undergraduate research assistants Megan Waldron, Delaney Fulp, and Christina Personette as well as Honor student McKenna Nhem and partially supported by an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Scholarship to Megan and Delaney. Megan is now a PhD student in social-developmental psychology. Christina and McKenna are now PhD students in clinical/counseling psychology.
Find the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2026.113710
