Sensory-Processing Sensitivity predicts treatment response to a school-based depression prevention program: Evidence of Vantage Sensitivity

By M. Pluess, I. Boniwell. 2015

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Abstract Objective Treatment effects of preventative mental health interventions for adolescents tend to be relatively small. One reason for the small effects may be individual differences in the response to psychological treatment as a function of inherent characteristics, a notion proposed in the concept of Vantage Sensitivity. The current study investigated whether the personality trait Sensory-Processing Sensitivity moderated the efficacy of a new school-based intervention aimed at the prevention of depression. Method Using a two-cohort treatment/control design with one cohort serving as the control group (N = 197) and a subsequent cohort as the treatment group (N = 166) it was tested whether Sensory-Processing Sensitivity predicted depression trajectories from pre-treatment up to a 12 months follow-up assessment in 11-year-old girls from an at-risk population in England. Results Sensory-Processing Sensitivity emerged as a significant predictor of treatment response. The prevention program successfully reduced depression scores in girls scoring high on Sensory-Processing Sensitivity but was not effective at all in girls scoring low on the same measure. Conclusions This study provides first empirical evidence for Vantage Sensitivity as a function of the personality trait Sensory-Processing Sensitivity regarding treatment response to a school-based depression prevention intervention.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. P. Goldmann
2. A. Volodina
3. Annalaura Nocentini
4. Ersilia Menesini
5. Maike Andresen
6. M. Pluess

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. P. Goldmann
2. A. Volodina
3. Maike Andresen
4. Annalaura Nocentini
5. Ersilia Menesini
6. M. Pluess

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• Do Overwhelmed Expatriates Intend to Leave? The Effects of Sensory Processing Sensitivity, Stress, and Social Capital on Expatriates' Turnover Intention (2018, background): “…persons in their response to negative environmental influences or environmental adversity (vulnerability-stress model; Zuckerman, 1999) and to positive, supportive and/or enriching aspects of the environment (vantage sensitivity; Pluess and Belsky, 2013; Pluess and Boniwell, 2015; Pluess, 2017).”
• The Personality Trait of Environmental Sensitivity Predicts Children’s Positive Response to School-Based Antibullying Intervention (2018, background): “…contribution to the literature by demonstrating that the personality trait of environmental sensitivity represents an important predictor of the response to a school-based antibullying intervention (for similar findings regarding a depression prevention intervention, see Pluess & Boniwell, 2015).”