ERIC Number: EJ1469188
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-May
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
EISSN: EISSN-1461-7005
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Longitudinal Stability and Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale-2 Predictors of the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale
Jennifer C. Bullen1,2; Sandy L. Birkeneder1; Matthew C. Zajic3; Lindsay Swain Lerro4; Nancy McIntyre5; Nicole Sparapani1; Peter Mundy1
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v29 n5 p1224-1235 2025
A recent study suggests that parent report on the Social Symptom and Prosocial scales of the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale provides useful information about differences in the social development of school-aged autistic children. The current study provides additional psychometric data on the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale regarding the longitudinal stability of its scales, its construct validity, and its sensitivity to differences in the social development of clinical samples of children. The study included 64 autistic children without co-occurring intellectual disability, 27 children with symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and 36 neurotypical children between the ages of 10 and 18 years. Results indicated that scores from parent report on the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale were stable across a 15-month period in middle childhood for the three groups and groups received significantly different Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale scores. Finally, construct validity was supported by the observation of correlations between tester observations of items on Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale-2 Social Affect and subsequent parent report on the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale. These results provide further evidence that the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale provides meaningful and potentially unique information about prosocial and social symptom development of school-aged autistic children.
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Development, Child Development, Children, Test Validity, Adolescents, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Predictor Variables, Psychometrics, Scores, Parent Attitudes, Social Behavior, Attention, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Gender Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Conners Rating Scales; Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A120168
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1University of California, Davis, USA; 2University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 3Teachers College, Columbia University, USA; 4The Swain Center for Listening, Communicating and Learning, USA; 5University of Central Florida, USA