“Further, although the measure suggests that the trait has some similarities and associations with introversion or neuroticism, after considering these and a number of other personality variables, the results of many studies lead to the conclusion that these other measures of personality explain no more than one third of the “variance” on the HSP Scale. How you score on it is not very affected by how you might score on other personality tests. That is, knowing about your sensitivity makes a unique contribution to knowing about you.”