An Investigation of Sensory Processing Sensitivity in Thai Undergraduate Students: Exploring Causal Relationships with Positive Psychological Factors

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The objectives of this research are as follows: (1) to compare the level of Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) between two groups of late adolescents, including a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and a non-Highly Sensitive Person (non-HSP); and (2) to explore the causal models of positive psychological factors, and SPS in late adolescence, included 306 undergraduate students from simple random sampling, majoring in the Faculty of Education from three universities in Bangkok, Thailand, who collaborated with members of the Council of University Presidents of Thailand. The research instruments are the general information (six demographic questions) and three psychological scales for undergraduate students (Highly Sensitive Person, Psychological Capital (Psycap), and Self-Compassion, evaluated in five-rating scales). These three scales were determined with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.925, 0.909, and 0.852, respectively. All the data are calculated in descriptive, and causal model analysis. This research found that the SPS in the samples was normalized t-score at a percentile rank of 3.30-100.00. Furthermore, the Lisrel 12.4.3.0 can explore the causal model of samples with about 37.20% of model consistency to represent the samples. Moreover, the model’s Total Effect (TE) of the model was considered as TE = -0.66 between SPS and Self-compassion. In contrast, SPS and Psycap are considered as TE= 0.18. Investigations into the influence of positive psychological factors on Thai undergraduate students are essential to determine how these factors can be leveraged to mitigate potential challenges associated with Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) and ultimately enhance their Psychological Capital (Psycap), thereby promoting academic success.