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Chien, Chi-Wen; Brown, Ted; McDonald, Rachael – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The Assessment of Children's Hand Skills (ACHS) is a new assessment tool that utilizes a naturalistic observational method to capture children's real-life hand skill performance when engaging in various types of activities. The ACHS also intends to be used with both typically developing children and those presenting with disabilities. The purpose…
Descriptors: Test Items, Construct Validity, Test Bias, Disabilities
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Lee, Miyoung; Peterson, Jana J.; Dixon, Alicia – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the Self-Efficacy/Social Support for Activity for persons with Intellectual Disability (SE/SS-AID) scales developed by Peterson, Peterson, Lowe, & Nothwehr (2009). A total of 146 participants with intellectual disabilities completed 6 self-efficacy (SE) items and 18 social…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Self Efficacy, Mental Retardation, Construct Validity
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Petry, Katja; Maes, Bea; Vlaskamp, Carla – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Because of a shortage of valid instruments to measure the QOL of people with profound multiple disabilities (PMD), the QOL-PMD was developed. In the present study, possibilities for item reduction as well as the psychometric properties of the questionnaire were examined. One hundred and forty-seven informants of people with PMD participated in the…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Quality of Life, Construct Validity, Questionnaires
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Nicholson, Joanne; Konstantinidi, Eva; Furniss, Frederick – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
This study examined certain psychometric properties of the questions about behavioral function (QABF) scale. The QABF was completed on 118 problem behaviours presented by 40 young people with severe intellectual disabilities, and measures of inter-rater reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity were calculated overall and for…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Factor Analysis, Interrater Reliability, Functional Behavioral Assessment