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NCT Number: NCT07072455

Sensory Profile of People With High Intellectual Potential (HIP)

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.

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Key information

Conditions

High Intellectual Potential Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Esquirol Hospital Center

Limoges, New Aquitaine, 87025, France

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Alexandra Foucher, University degree

CONTACT

[email protected]

+33 5-55-43-11-00

Aude Paquet, PhD in Psychology

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Scales

Other

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.

High Intellectual Potential Scale

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Sensory profile from the Adolescent and Adult Sensory Profile according to each group.

    Time frame: At enrollment

    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.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sensory profile from the Adolescent and Adult Sensory Profile according to the cognitive profile of the High Intellectual Potential group.

    Time frame: At enrollment

    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.

  2. Scores for anxiety from the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory according to each group

    Time frame: At enrollment

    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

  3. Scores for task coping drawn from the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations according to each group

    Time frame: At enrollment

    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.

  4. Description of the frequency of autistic traits for each group

    Time frame: At enrollment

    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.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Aude Paquet, PhD in Psychology

CONTACT

[email protected]

+33 5-55-43-11-27

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Esquirol

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Sensory Profile of People With High Intellectual Potential

Acronym: HPIsens

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jul 18, 2025
Registry last updated
Jul 24, 2025

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