Table 3 Associations of sensory processing sensitivity (standardized to Z-scores) with different images of God, crude and adjusted for age, gender, and education level (odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals).

From: Sensory processing sensitivity is associated with religiosity and spirituality

Variable

Images of God

Critical

Distant

Ever-present

Fatherly

Forgiving

Gentle

SPSQ

Crude

1.07 (0.96, 1.19)

1.06 (0.96, 1.18)

1.24*** (1.12, 1.39)

1.22*** (1.09, 1.35)

1.34*** (1.20, 1.50)

1.26*** (1.13, 1.40)

Adjusted

1.07 (0.96, 1.20)

1.06 (0.96, 1.18)

1.19** (1.07, 1.33)

1.17** (1.05, 1.31)

1.26*** (1.13, 1.41)

1.22*** (1.10, 1.37)

SPSQ-S

Crude

1.08 (0.97, 1.20)

1.07 (0.96, 1.19)

1.20** (1.08, 1.34)

1.17** (1.05, 1.30)

1.29*** (1.15, 1.45)

1.21** (0.08, 1.35)

Adjusted

1.09 (0.97, 1.21)

1.07 (0.96, 1.20)

1.16* (1.03, 1.29)

1.13* (1.01, 1.26)

1.22** (1.09, 1.37)

1.17** (1.04, 1.31)

  

Loving

Motherly

Punishing

Wrathful

Just

Absolute

SPSQ

Crude

1.33*** (1.19, 1.49)

1.21*** (1.09, 1.35)

1.12* (1.01, 1.25)

1.03 (0.92, 1.16)

1.22*** (1.10, 1.36)

1.21*** (1.09, 1.34)

Adjusted

1.26*** (1.13, 1.42)

1.18** (1.05, 1.32)

1.14* (1.02, 1.27)

1.08 (0.96, 1.21)

1.17** (1.05, 1.30)

1.17** (1.05, 1.31)

SPSQ-S

Crude

1.26*** (1.13, 1.42)

1.17** (1.05, 1.30)

1.10 (1.00, 1.23)

1.05 (0.93, 1.18)

1.21** (1.08, 1.35)

1.17** (1.05, 1.31)

Adjusted

1.20** (1.07, 1.35)

1.13* (1.01, 1.27)

1.12 (1.00, 1.25)

1.09 (0.97, 1.23)

1.16** (1.04, 1.30)

1.14* (1.02, 1.27)

  1. SPSQ Sensory Processing Sensitivity total score, SPSQ-S Sensory Subscale score of Sensory Processing Sensitivity Questionnaire.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.