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Lawrence Scahill; Luc Lecavalier; Michael C. Edwards; Megan L. Wenzell; Leah M. Barto; Arielle Mulligan; Auscia T. Williams; Opal Ousley; Cynthia B. Sinha; Christopher A. Taylor; Soo Youn Kim; Laura M. Johnson; Scott E. Gillespie; Cynthia R. Johnson – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This report presents a new parent-rated outcome measure of insomnia for children with autism spectrum disorder. Parents of 1185 children with autism spectrum disorder (aged 3-12; 80.3% male) completed the first draft of the measure online. Factor and item response theory analyses reduced the set of 40 items to the final 21-item Pediatric Insomnia…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Sleep, Test Construction
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Huizhong He; Ningxiao Ye; Lixin Yi; Kuo Zhang; Yangyi Chen – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Restricted and repetitive behavior (RRB) is one of the two core diagnostic features used to determine the severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R) is widely used to measure the presence and severity of a variety of RRBs in individuals with ASD. Previous studies have implemented a factor analysis…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Child Behavior, Foreign Countries, Children
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Marta Godoy-Giménez; Ángel García-Pérez; Fernando Cañadas; Angeles F. Estévez; Pablo Sayans-Jiménez – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
The broad autism phenotype is the phenotypic expression of the primary characteristics of autism. However, currently available tests do not agree with the two-domain operationalization of broad autism phenotype or autism, and their internal structure has shown instability across applications. This study presents the Broad Autism…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Genetics, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries
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Hugo Fonseca; Andreia A. Manão; Laura Lemos; Marina Cunha; Diogo Carreiras – British Journal of Special Education, 2024
People with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) face discriminatory behaviours based on their condition, a consequence of prevailing negative attitudes in society. The main goal of this study was to adapt and validate the Societal Attitudes Towards Autism scale (SATA) for the Portuguese population. Additionally, we intended to examine possible factors…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
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Borissov, Anton; Bakolis, Ioannis; Tekola, Bethlehem; Kinfe, Mersha; Ceccarelli, Caterina; Girma, Fikirte; Abdurahman, Rehana; Zerihun, Tigist; Hanlon, Charlotte; Hoekstra, Rosa A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Although most children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders live in low- and middle-income countries, assessment tools are lacking in these settings. This study aims to culturally adapt and validate two questionnaires for use in Ethiopia: the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Family…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Quality of Life
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Sophie Langhorne; Nora Uglik-Marucha; Charlotte Broadhurst; Elena Lieven; Amelia Pearson; Silia Vitoratou; Kathy Leadbitter – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Tools to measure autism knowledge are needed to assess levels of understanding within particular groups of people and to evaluate whether awareness-raising campaigns or interventions lead to improvements in understanding. Several such measures are in circulation, but, to our knowledge, there are no psychometrically-validated questionnaires that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Questionnaires, Psychometrics
Megan Michelle Stoll – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; APA, 2013) by deficits in social communication and the presence of restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests (RRBIs). Despite the mandatory requirement of both categories of impairment for a diagnosis of ASD, research…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Rating Scales, Factor Structure