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The purpose of the study was to explore sensory processing patterns with children ages 5 to 12 years who are diagnosed with two subtypes of ADHD, inattention and hyperactive- impulsive and with children who do not have ADHD. The study delineated children with ADHD from a control group of children without ADHD and how sensory processing issues affect the population with ADHD. The participants were parents or caregivers of children aged 5 to 12 years diagnosed with ADHD and parents or caregivers of children aged 5 to 12 years without a diagnosis of ADHD. The participants totaled 45 with 26 participants in the ADHD group and 19 participants in the non ADHD group. Parents or caregivers completed the SSP Caregiver Questionnaire, the Sensory Processing Measure [SPM], and the Connors Parent Rating Scale-Revised: Short Form. The independent t-test was the statistical procedure used to determine whether the means of the ADHD and non-ADHD groups were statistically different from each other. A Pearson correlation was calculated to measure the degree of association between the children with ADHD and non-ADHD with the types of sensory processing patterns. Finding suggested that children who score high on these ADHD scales have more sensory processing difficulties. Children with hyperactivity ADHD scored a significantly higher mean then children with inattention on an auditory subtest and on a under responsive subtest. Children with inattentive ADHD scored a significantly higher mean than children with hyperactivity on a touch subtest. / Occupational Therapy

Yes / Amidst strong competition and lack of resources and functional superiority, ethical brands may seek an experiential approach to marketing online. A between-subjects online experiment (N=308) shows that ethically congruent visual and auditory cues, and a tactile priming statement, positively influence consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for an ethical brand online. Altruistic and Biospheric value-orientation (ALTBIO) and Need for Touch (NfT) were considered as moderators to account for specific segments. For consumers with high ALTBIO, the effects of visual and auditory cues are mediated by Consumer Perceived Brand Ethicality (CPBE). Tactile priming has a significant effect only for consumers with high NfT. However, the interaction between the three cues has a positive effect on WTP irrespective of CPBE, ALTBIO, and NfT. Findings illustrate multisensory marketing's efficacy in fostering sensible consumption (considerate of natural and societal environments and their inhabitants) online for the mass-market and specific segments by creating an experiential customer judgement-context.

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Despite concern that preterm infants receive inappropriate tactile and auditory stimulation because of early birth, few studies have explored the development of responsiveness to tactile and auditory stimulation prior to 40 weeks' postconceptional age. The present research traced longitudinally the development of responsiveness to tactile and auditory stimulation of 14 preterm infants born at 30 or less weeks' postconceptional age. The preterm sample was divided into three groups (well, moderately ill, and sick) to assess the effects of illness. All infants were assessed three times per week from 30 to 34 weeks' postconceptional age. Body movement, eye movement, heart rate, smiles, hand-to-mouth activity, and "avoidance" signals of grimaces, cries, yawns, and tongue protrusions were assessed in response to (a) auditory stimulation in the form of talking, (b) tactile stimulation in the form of touching/stroking, and (c) the combination of talking and touching. Further, these infants were assessed weekly for the development of neurological reflexes and responsiveness to the orientation items from the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale. When a pre-stimulus period was compared to a stimulus condition, preterm infants were found to respond to talking with significantly more eye movement; to touching with significantly more body movement; and to the combination of talking and touching with more body movement. Significant effects of illness were found when smiles, hand-to-mouth activity, and "avoidance" signals were assessed. During all the stimulation conditions the well infants had significantly more smiles and hand-to-mouth activity. During talking and the combination of talking and touching the sick infants also showed significantly more "avoidance" signals. Sick infants also performed less well than the well infants on the Brazelton orientation items and on some of the neurological exam items. The findings of this study suggested that responsiveness to social stimuli, talking and touching, develops quite early, even before the time of usual birth, and is minimally affected by illness. Behaviors shown by these infants are those likely to attract the caregiver's attention, suggesting that the preterm infant is capable of behaviors which will engage the caregiver and possibly serve as the roots of social behavior. / This thesis was digitized as part of a project begun in 2014 to increase the number of Duke psychology theses available online. The digitization project was spearheaded by Ciara Healy.