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<ref name=Boterberg2016>{{citation |title=Making sense of it all: The impact of sensory processing sensitivity on daily functioning of children |first1=Sofie |last1=Boterberg |first2=Petra |last2=Warreyn |journal=Personality and Individual Differences |year=2016 |volume=92 |pages=80–86 |doi=10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.022 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288687054|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523023852/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288687054_Making_sense_of_it_all_The_impact_of_sensory_processing_sensitivity_on_daily_functioning_of_children |archive-date=May 23, 2016 |url-status=live |hdl=1854/LU-7172755 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name=Liss2008>{{citation |title=The relationships between sensory processing sensitivity, alexithymia, autism, depression, and anxiety |first1=Miriam |last1=Liss |first2=Jennifer |last2=Mailloux |first3=Mindy J. |last3=Erchull |year=2008 |journal=Personality and Individual Differences |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=255–259 |doi=10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.009 |url=http://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/31202.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523040035/http://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/31202.pdf |archive-date=May 23, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name=Booth2015>{{citation |title=Sensory-processing sensitivity moderates the association between childhood experiences and adult life satisfaction |first1=Charlotte |last1=Booth |first2=Helen |last2=Standage |first3=Elaine |last3=Fox |date=1 Dec 2015 |journal=Personality and Individual Differences |volume=87 |pages=24–29 |doi=10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.020 |pmid=26688599 |pmc=4681093 }}</ref>

<ref name=Greven_201903>{{cite journal |last1=Greven |first1=Corina U. |last2=Lionetti |first2=Francesca |last3=Booth |first3=Charlotte |last4=Aron |first4=Elaine N. |last5=Fox |first5=Elaine |last6=Schendan |first6=Haline E. |last7=Pluess |first7=Michael |last8=Bruining |first8=Hilgo |last9=Acevedo |first9=Bianca |last10=Bijttebier |first10=Patricia |last11=Homberg |first11=Judith |title=Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda (Review article) |journal=Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews |date=March 2019 |volume=98 |pages=287–305 |doi=10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.01.009 |pmid=30639671 |publisher=Elsevier|doi-access=free |hdl=2066/202697 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name=EvansRothbartTwoConstructs2008>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=David E. |last2=Rothbart |first2=Mary K. |title=Temperamental sensitivity: Two constructs or one? |journal=Personality and Individual Differences |date=January 2008 |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=108–118 |doi=10.1016/j.paid.2007.07.016 |url=http://www.bowdoin.edu/~sputnam/rothbart-temperament-questionnaires/pdf/ATQ_Sensitivity_InPress_July07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207200746/http://www.bowdoin.edu/~sputnam/rothbart-temperament-questionnaires/pdf/ATQ_Sensitivity_InPress_July07.pdf |archive-date=February 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 7, 2016 |df=mdy-all }} ''Negative affect''and ''orienting sensitivity.''</ref>

<ref name=TwoSubscales>Boterberg ''et al.'' (2016): overreaction to stimuli (OS) and depth of processing (DP).</ref>

<ref name=ThreeSubscales>Smolewska ''et al.'' (2006): Aesthetic Sensitivity (AES, having greater awareness of beauty), Low Sensory Threshold (LST, easily unpleasantly aroused by external stimuli), and Ease of Excitation (EOE, easily overwhelmed by stimuli); results showing the (unidimensional) HSP Scale was "a valid and reliable measure of the construct of SPS").  Liss ''et al.'' (2008).</ref>

<ref name=FourSubscales>Per Boterberg ''et al.'' (2016), a "theoretical redefinition" by E. Aron, ''Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person'' (2010): "DOES" acronym: Depth of processing, Overstimulation, Emotional intensity, Sensory sensitivity.</ref>

<ref name=VantageSens2013>{{cite journal | last1 = Pluess | first1 = Michael | last2 = Belsky | first2 = Jay | year = 2013 | title = Vantage Sensitivity: Individual Differences in Response to Positive Experiences | url=http://www.philosonic.com/michaelpluess_construction/Files/PluessBelsky_2013_Vantage%20Sensitivity%20-%20Individual%20Differences%20in%20Response%20to%20Positive%20Experiences.pdf | journal = Psychological Bulletin | volume=139 | issue=4 | pages=901–916 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126044048/http://www.philosonic.com/michaelpluess_construction/Files/PluessBelsky_2013_Vantage%20Sensitivity%20-%20Individual%20Differences%20in%20Response%20to%20Positive%20Experiences.pdf |archive-date=January 26, 2016 |url-status=live | doi = 10.1037/a0030196 | pmid=23025924}}</ref>

<ref name=VulnerPlastGenes2009>{{cite journal |last1=Belsky |first1=J. |last2=Jonassaint |first2=C |last3=Pluess |first3=M |last4=Stanton |first4=M |last5=Brummett |first5=B |last6=Williams |first6=R |title=Vulnerability genes or plasticity genes? |journal=Molecular Psychiatry |date=2009 |volume=14 |issue=8 |pages=746–754 |doi=10.1038/mp.2009.44 |url=http://hsperson.com/pages/Belsky_2009_Vulnerability_genes_or_plasticity_genes.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606010638/http://www.hsperson.com/pages/Belsky_2009_Vulnerability_genes_or_plasticity_genes.pdf |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |pmid=19455150 |pmc=2834322 |access-date=January 28, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

<ref name=DiffSuscep2009>{{cite journal |last1=Belsky |first1=Jay |last2=Pluess |first2=Michael |title=Beyond Diathesis Stress: Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences |journal=Psychological Bulletin |date=2009 |volume=135 |issue=6 |pages=885–908 |doi=10.1037/a0017376 |url=http://hsperson.com/pages/Belsky_2009_Beyond%20Diathesis%20Stress%20-%20Differential%20Susceptibility%20to%20Environmental%20Influences.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207185045/http://www.hsperson.com/pages/Belsky_2009_Beyond%20Diathesis%20Stress%20-%20Differential%20Susceptibility%20to%20Environmental%20Influences.pdf |archive-date=December 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |pmid=19883141 |access-date=January 28, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

<ref name=BoyceEllisBSCorchidDandelion2005>{{cite journal |last1=Boyce |first1=W. Thomas |last2=Ellis |first2=Bruce J. |title=Biological sensitivity to context: I. An evolutionary–developmental theory of the origins and functions of stress reactivity |journal=Development and Psychopathology |date=2005 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=271–301 |doi=10.1017/S0954579405050145 |pmid=16761546 |s2cid=15413527 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7020822 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020174847/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruce_Ellis3/publication/7020822_Biological_sensitivity_to_context_I_An_evolutionary-developmental_theory_of_the_origins_and_functions_of_stress_reactivity/links/5458e4940cf2cf516483c099/Biological-sensitivity-to-context-I-An-evolutionary-developmental-theory-of-the-origins-and-functions-of-stress-reactivity.pdf |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |url-status=live }} "Aron and Aron (1997, p. 362) provide an important further elucidation of the reactivity construct in their discussion of sensory-processing sensitivity" (p. 286).</ref>

<ref name=EllisDiffSuscEnvt2011>{{cite journal |last1=Ellis |first1=Bruce J. |last2=Boyce |first2=W. Thomas |last3=Belsky |first3=Jay |last4=Bakermans-Kranenburt |first4=Marian J. |last5=van Ijzendoorn |first5=Marinus H. |title=Differential susceptibility to the environment: An evolutionary–neurodevelopmental theory |journal=Development and Psychopathology |date=2011 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=7–28 |doi=10.1017/S0954579410000611 |pmid=21262036 |s2cid=9802873 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49780835 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704145027/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49780835_Differential_Susceptibility_to_the_Environment_A_neurodevelopmental_Theory |archive-date=July 4, 2016 |url-status=live }} "DST and BSCT began with a focus on child-developmental processes, whereas SPS started with a focus on cognitive processes in adults" (p. 10).</ref>

<ref name=PluessIndivDiffEnvSens_2015>{{cite journal |last1=Pluess |first1=Michael |title=Individual Differences in Environmental Sensitivity |journal=Child Development Perspectives |date=September 2015 |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=138–143 |doi=10.1111/cdep.12120|url=http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/9330 }} "...perhaps the most significant contribution shared across all three frameworks [SPS and DST, BSC] is the notion that sensitive individuals differ not only in their response to environmental adversity but also in response to positive, supportive aspects of the environment".</ref>

<ref name=BoyceReview2015>{{cite journal |last1=Boyce |first1=W. Thomas |title=Differential Susceptibility of the Developing Brain to Contextual Adversity and Stress |journal=  Neuropsychopharmacology|date=2016 |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=141–162 |doi=10.1038/npp.2015.294 |pmid=26391599|pmc=4677150 }} 
"(T)here is an emerging scientific consensus on how 'sensitivity to context' may be instantiated with an intricate and compelling neuroscience" (p. 149). "... a now substantial corpus of evidence ... documenting differences in susceptibility at the levels of temperament and behavior ("The Highly Sensitive Person at p. 146), neuroendocrine physiology, brain structure and function ("Cortical sensory processing sensitivity" at p. 149), neuronal sensitization and responsivity, and allelic and epigenetic variation within genomic structure" (p. 157).</ref>

<ref name=PsychometricEval2006>{{cite journal | last1=Smolewska| first1=Kathy A.| last2=McCabe| first2=Scott B.|last3=Woody | first3=Erik Z.|title=A psychometric evaluation of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale: The components of sensory-processing sensitivity and their relation to the BIS/BAS and "Big Five"| journal=Personality and Individual Differences| volume=40| issue=6| year= 2006| pages= 1269–1279 | doi=10.1016/j.paid.2005.09.022}} See also Kaufman, ''Scientific American'' (2015).</ref>

<ref name=SciAm20150504>{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Scott Barry |title=Shades of Sensitivity |url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/shades-of-sensitivity/ |magazine=Scientific American |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080417/http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/shades-of-sensitivity/ |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |date=May 4, 2015 |url-status=live }} Kaufman explains Smolewska ''et al.'' (2006).</ref>

<ref name=AronReview2012>{{cite journal | last1=Aron | first1=E. | last2=Aron | first2=A. | last3=Jagiellowicz | first3=J. | year=2012 | title=Sensory processing sensitivity: A review in the light of the evolution of biological responsivity | journal=Personality and Social Psychology Review | volume=16 | issue=3 | pages=262–282 | doi=10.1177/1088868311434213 | pmid=22291044 | s2cid=2542035 |url=http://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Pers-Soc-Psychol-Rev-2012-Aron-1088868311434213.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513150731/http://scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Pers-Soc-Psychol-Rev-2012-Aron-1088868311434213.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name=JournalJung2006>{{cite journal | last1=Aron | first1=E.N. |title=The Clinical Implications of Jung's Concept of Sensitiveness| journal=Journal of Jungian Theory and Practice |volume=8 |year= 2006 |pages=11–43 | citeseerx=10.1.1.490.9371 }} Discussion re nervous system is, ''inter alia,'' in "Prelude to Research" at p. 14.</ref>

<ref name=AronAronJPSP1997>{{cite journal |last1=Aron |first1=Elaine |last2=Aron |first2=Arthur |year=1997 |title=Sensory-Processing Sensitivity and its Relation to Introversion and Emotionality |url=http://www.hsperson.com/pdf/JPSP_Aron_and_Aron_97_Sensitivity_vs_I_and_N.pdf |journal=[[Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]] |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=345–368 |doi=10.1037/0022-3514.73.2.345 |pmid=9248053 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513032702/http://www.hsperson.com/pdf/JPSP_Aron_and_Aron_97_Sensitivity_vs_I_and_N.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name=AdultShyness2005>{{cite journal | last1 = Aron | first1 = E. N. | last2 = Aron | first2 = A. | last3 = Davies | first3 = K. | year = 2005 | title = Adult shyness: The interaction of temperamental sensitivity and an adverse childhood environment | journal = Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | volume = 31 | issue = 2| pages = 181–197 | url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/36190/pspbaronetal05shynesssensitivity.pdf | doi=10.1177/0146167204271419 | pmid=15619591| s2cid = 1679620 }} Note 3 (p. 195) cites Chen ''et al.'' (1992) re social and cultural unacceptability adding to environmental stressors.</ref>

<ref name=RiouxDiffSusc2016>{{cite journal |last1=Rioux |first1=Charlie |last2=Castellanos-Ryan |first2=Natalie |last3=Parent |first3=Sophie |last4=Bitaro |first4=Frank |last5=Tremblay |first5=Richard E. |last6=Seguin |first6=Jean R. |title=Differential susceptibility to environmental influences: Interactions between child temperament and parenting in adolescent alcohol use |journal=Dev. Psychopathol. |date=2016 |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=265–275 |doi=10.1017/S0954579415000437 |pmc=4676730 |pmid=26030853}} "From a clinical perspective, Aron (2010) adds that while sensitive people may be more vulnerable, sensitivity is not only a liability but also may confer advantages."</ref>

<ref name=ThibodeauEnvSens2016>{{cite journal |last1=Thibodeau |first1=Eric L. |last2=August |first2=Gerald J. |last3=Cicchetti |first3=Dante |last4=Symons |first4=Frank J. |title=Application of environmental sensitivity theories in personalized prevention for youth substance abuse: a transdisciplinary translational perspective |journal=Transl Behav Med |date=2016 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=81–89 |doi=10.1007/s13142-015-0374-4 |pmc=4807189 |pmid=27012256}} "Five distinct but related frameworks comprise ES (environmental sensitivity), including diathesis stress, differential susceptibility theory (DST), sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) [n. 22: A&A 1997], biological sensitivity to context (BSC) [n. 23: Boyce 2005], and vantage sensitivity (VS) [n. 24: Pluess 2013]".</ref>

<ref name=LichtSerotonin2011>{{cite web |last1=Licht |first1=Cecile L. |last2=Mortensen |first2=Erik L. |last3=Knudsen |first3=Gitte M. |title=Association between Sensory Processing Sensitivity and the 5-HTTLPR Short/Short Genotype |date=2011 |url=http://hsperson.com/pdf/Poster_SOBP%20meeting%202011_Licht_030511.pdf |publisher=Center for integrated molecular brain imaging |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606024730/http://hsperson.com/pdf/Poster_SOBP%20meeting%202011_Licht_030511.pdf |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=live }} ● Licht, C., Mortensen, E. L., & Knudsen, G. M. (2011). "Association between sensory processing sensitivity and the serotonin transporter polymorphism 5-HTTLPR short/short genotype."  ''Biological Psychiatry'', 69, supplement for Society of Biological Psychiatry Convention and Annual Meeting, abstract 510.</ref>

<ref name=ChenDopamine2011>{{cite journal | last1 = Chen | first1 = Chunhui | last2 = Chen | first2 = Chuansheng | last3 = Moyzis | first3 = Robert | last4 = Stern | first4 = Hal | last5 = He | first5 = Qinghua | last6 = Li | first6 = He |last7=Li |first7=Jin |last8=Zhu |first8=Bi | last9 = Dong | first9 = Qi | year = 2011 | title = Contributions of dopamine-related genes and environmental factors to Highly Sensitive Personality: A multi-step neuronal system-level approach | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 6 | issue =  7| page = e21636 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0021636 | pmid = 21765900 | pmc = 3135587 | bibcode = 2011PLoSO...621636C | doi-access = free }}</ref>

<ref name=ToddEnhanceVivid2015>{{cite journal |last1=Todd |first1=R. M. |last2=Ehlers |first2=M. R. |last3=Muller |first3=D. J. |last4=Robertson |first4=A. |last5=Palombo |first5=D. J. |last6=Freeman |first6=N. |last7=Levine |first7=B. |last8=Anderson |first8=A. K. |title=Neurogenetic Variations in Norepinephrine Availability Enhance Perceptual Vividness |journal=The Journal of Neuroscience |date=2015 |volume=35 |issue=16 |pages=6506–6516 |doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4489-14.2015 |pmid=25904801|pmc=6605217 }}  ●  {{cite news |last1=Castillo |first1=Stephanie |title=The Highly Sensitive Person: Emotional Sensitivity May Stem From A Person's Genes, Enhancing The Way They See The World |url=http://www.medicaldaily.com/highly-sensitive-person-emotional-sensitivity-may-stem-persons-genes-enhancing-way-332550|publisher=Medical Daily (IBT Media) |date=May 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511172158/http://www.medicaldaily.com/highly-sensitive-person-emotional-sensitivity-may-stem-persons-genes-enhancing-way-332550 |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name=RelatedConcepts>Paraphrasing Aron and citing Wolf re different names for same or equivalent concepts:
* From "Adult shyness: ..." (2005): ''weak nervous system'' (Pavlov), ''low screening'' (Mehrabian), ''augmenting'' (of stimulation; Petrie), ''reducing'' (of evoked potential; Buchsbaum, Haier, & Johnson), ''reactivity'' (Strelau), ''avoidance temperament'' (Elliot & Thrash), and ''nondisinhibition'' or ''reflectivity'' (Patterson & Newman), and what child temperament researchers have described as ''inhibitedness'' (Kagan), ''infant'' (or ''innate'') ''shyness'' (Cheek & Buss; Daniels & Plomin), ''reactivity'' (Rothbart; Strelau), and ''threshold of responsiveness'' (Thomas & Chess).
* From "The Clinical Implications of Jung's Concept of Sensitiveness" (2006): ''innate sensitiveness'' (Jung),
* From "Adult shyness: ..." (2005): ''arousal focus'' (Feldman), and the physiological differences underlying introversion and extroversion (Eysenck; Stelmack; Stelmack & Geen).
* From Wolf ''et al.'' (2008): ''coping style, reactivity, flexibility, plasticity,'' and ''differential susceptibility.''
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<ref name=DistinguishingSPS>Paraphrasing Aron re what SPS is ''not'':
* From "'The Power of (Shyness)' and High Sensitivity..." (2012): (re introversion) 30% of HSPs are social ''ex''troverts.
* From "Adult shyness: ..." (2005): SPS doesn't inherently possess shyness' fear of negative social evaluations.
* From p. 2 of "The HSP in love" (<=2007): an HSP who is also a High Sensation Seeker will find ways to have novel experiences without taking ill-considered risks.
* From "... A Review... " (2012): SPS is "unrelated to [[Sensory Processing Disorder]]"
* From "The Clinical Implications of Jung's Concept of Sensitiveness" (2006): (re autism) HSPs are very aware of social and emotional cues and relate well socially once familiarity is achieved.
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<ref name=PsychologyToday20110721>Aron, Elaine N., Ph.D,  [http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attending-the-undervalued-self/201107/understanding-the-highly-sensitivity-person-sensitive-int "Understanding the Highly Sensitivity Person: Sensitive, Introverted, or Both? | Extraverted HSPs face unique challenges"] ({{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130419135127/http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attending-the-undervalued-self/201107/understanding-the-highly-sensitivity-person-sensitive-int |date=April 19, 2013 }}) ''[[Psychology Today]],'' July 21, 2011.</ref>

<ref name=WolfEmergenceResponsive2008>{{cite journal | last1 = Wolf | first1 = Max | last2 = Van Doorn | first2 = G. Sander | last3 = Weissing | first3 = Franz J. | year = 2008 | title = Evolutionary emergence of responsive and unresponsive personalities | journal = PNAS | volume = 105 | issue = 41| pages = 15825–15830 | doi=10.1073/pnas.0805473105 | pmid=18838685 | pmc=2572984| doi-access = free }} "Such differences in responsiveness (also termed coping style, reactivity, flexibility, plasticity) have been documented in many organisms including ... humans" (n. 15 citing Aron & Aron (1997, SPS) and n. 16 citing Belsky ''et al.'' (2007, differential susceptibility)). Boterberg ''et al.'' (2016) cites Wolf ''et al.'' (2008) for the statement: "research in evolutionary biology provides evidence that the trait of SPS can be observed in over 100 nonhuman species."</ref>

<ref name=PsychologyToday20120202>{{cite web |last=Aron |first=Elaine N. |url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attending-the-undervalued-self/201202/time-magazine-the-power-shyness-and-high-sensitivity |title=''Time'' Magazine: 'The Power of (Shyness)' and High Sensitivity |magazine=Psychology Today |date=February 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120212223328/http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attending-the-undervalued-self/201202/time-magazine-the-power-shyness-and-high-sensitivity |archive-date=February 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name=HSPinLove>{{cite web |url=http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=53955 |title=The Highly Sensitive Person In Love with Elaine Aron |publisher=WebMD Live Events Transcript |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317141715/https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=53955 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |url-status=live }} Transcript published October 2007 or before.<!--based on earliest archive at archive.org--></ref>

<ref name=HSpersonBook_pp194-195>{{cite book |last1=Aron |first1=Elaine N. |title=The Highly Sensitive Person |date=1996 |publisher=Broadway Books |pages=194–197 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KZwhAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT312 |chapter=9. Medics, Medications and HSPs|isbn=9780806536705 }} Especially subsections "A Caution About Medical Labels for Your Trait" through "Instant Arousal-Stopping Medications".</ref>

<ref name=SocialReputation1992>{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Xinyin |last2=Rubin |first2=Kenneth H. |last3=Sun |first3=Yuerong |title=Social Reputation and Peer Relationships in Chinese and Canadian Children: A Cross-cultural Study |journal=Child Development |date=1992 |volume=63 |issue=6 |pages=1336–1343 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8624.1992.tb01698.x |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227668404 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204001551/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth_Rubin/publication/227668404_Social_Reputation_and_Peer_Relationships_in_Chinese_and_Canadian_Children_A_Crosscultural_Study/links/54ee8a2b0cf2e2830865077b.pdf |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |url-status=live }} <!-- Second link with button to *download* PDF: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227668404_Social_Reputation_and_Peer_Relationships_in_Chinese_and_Canadian_Children_A_Cross-Cultural_Study --></ref>

<ref name=WSJ20150518>{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Elizabeth |title=Do You Cry Easily? You May Be a 'Highly Sensitive Person' |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-you-cry-easily-you-may-be-a-highly-sensitive-person-1431971154 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601020528/http://www.wsj.com/articles/do-you-cry-easily-you-may-be-a-highly-sensitive-person-1431971154 |archive-date=June 1, 2015 |url-status=live |date=May 18, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name=Telegraph20151012>{{cite news |last1=Lally |first1=Maria |title=Highly sensitive people: a condition rarely understood |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/health-advice/highly-sensitive-people/ |work=The Telegraph |location=U.K. |date=October 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018103243/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/health-advice/highly-sensitive-people/ |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=201804AcevedoHSBrainVsDisorders>{{cite journal |last1=Acevedo |first1=B |last2=Aron |first2=E |last3=Pospos |first3=S |last4=Jessen |first4=D |title=The functional highly sensitive brain: a review of the brain circuits underlying sensory processing sensitivity and seemingly related disorders |journal=Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B |date=April 2018 |volume=373 |issue=1744 |page=20170161 |doi=10.1098/rstb.2017.0161 |pmid=29483346 |pmc=5832686 |quote= (I)n this review, we compare the neural regions implicated in SPS with those found in fMRI studies of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Schizophrenia (SZ) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to elucidate the neural markers and cardinal features of SPS versus these seemingly related clinical disorders.  We propose that SPS is a stable trait that is characterized by greater empathy, awareness, responsivity and depth of processing to salient stimuli. We conclude that SPS is distinct from ASD, SZ and PTSD in that in response to social and emotional stimuli, SPS differentially engages brain regions involved in reward processing, memory, physiological homeostasis, self-other processing, empathy and awareness. We suggest that this serves species survival via deep integration and memory for environmental and social information that may subserve well-being and cooperation.}}</ref>

<ref name=Klages_1978>{{cite book |last1=Klages |first1=Wolfgang |title=Der sensible Mensch : Psychologie, Psychopathologie, Therapie (The Sensitive Human: Psychology, Psychopathology, Therapy) |date=1978 |publisher=Enke |location=Stuttgart, Germany |isbn= 978-3432898711 |page=133 |edition=1 |language=de|oclc=6710563 }} Klages distinguishes between sensitive and highly sensitive people, classifying artists and "high intellectuals" as an example of the latter.</ref>
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