The German version of the highly sensitive child scale: Psychometric properties and identification of sensitivity groups.

Susanne Wehrli, Jana Hochreuter, David Buttelmann, Francesca Lionetti, Michael Pluess, Niamh Oeri, Helen Koechlin

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Susanne WehrliDepartment of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Jana HochreuterDepartment of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

David ButtelmannInstitute for Psychology, Developmental Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Francesca LionettiDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.

Michael PluessSchool of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

Niamh OeriInstitute for Psychology, Developmental Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Helen KoechlinDepartment of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6680-8027

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Individuals differ in their sensitivity to external stimuli. The Highly Sensitive Child (HSC) scale can be used to measure sensitivity in children and adolescents. However, the German version has yet to be validated. We examined the psychometric properties of the German self- and the parent report version of the HSC. Measurement invariance (MI) across age groups was tested for the parent report version and latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to identify sensitivity groups. Pooled data from German-speaking countries ( Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-026-09244-w.

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Children and AdolescentsEnvironmental SensitivityHighly Sensitive Child scaleParent reportSelf-report

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PMID41884181

DOI10.1007/s12144-026-09244-w

PMCPMC13009142

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