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The aim of the research described in the article was to explain the link between the sensitivity and multiple intelligences of students aged 10–12. The basis for the undertaken analysis is the concept of environmental sensitivity, which is a contribution to the theoretical development of the issue of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS). Furthermore, it also has a high application value in research studies concerning the differences in individual responses to the environment. The concept of sensory processing sensitivity proposes and develops psychometric tools that allow for the measurement of sensitivity to the environment, understood as a phenotypic trait in adults and children. The theoretical foundation of the work is also Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which defined them as a biopsychic ability to process information to solve problems and achieve valuable goals. These assumptions gave rise to questions about the relationship between the above-mentioned variables of girls and boys from primary schools. In order to measure the relevant variables, the Multiple Skills Test (Pol. Test Uzdolnień Wielorakich, TUW) and the Polish adaptation of the Highly Sensitive Child Scale (HSC) were used. The research was conducted on a sample of 481 people. The analyses indicate the favourable psychometric properties of the HSC scale in the Polish population of children aged 10–12. The sensitivity of girls correlates with musical and interpersonal abilities, the SPS of boys correlates also with logical-mathematical, natural, visual-spatial, intrapersonal, and general abilities. In the case of selected SPS factors, there is no relationship between the Ease of Excitation (EOE) and abilities, and there are many significant correlations between abilities and Aesthetic Sensitivity (AES).
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/j.2021.34.2.43-64
Date of publication: 2021-06-12 13:30:12
Date of submission: 2020-05-23 16:44:30
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