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Validating the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire against the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition
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McKenzie, Karen; Sharples, Phil; Murray, Aja L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ), a brief screening tool for intellectual disability, was originally validated against the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale, Third Edition (WAIS-III), which was superseded by the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) in the United Kingdom in 2010. This study examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Screening Tests, Questionnaires
The Convergent Validity of the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire with a Measure of Adaptive Functioning: A Brief Report
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McKenzie, Karen; Murray, Aja – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: It is important that screening tools for intellectual disability are validated against the diagnostic criteria relating to intellectual and adaptive functioning, as well as childhood onset, but researchers often focus only on intellectual functioning. This brief report aimed to explore the convergent validity of the Child and…
Descriptors: Validity, Children, Adolescents, Intellectual Disability
Structural Validation of the Abridged Autism Spectrum Quotient-Short Form in a Clinical Sample of People with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Kuenssberg, Renate; Murray, Aja L.; Booth, Tom; McKenzie, Karen – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
The primary aim of this article was to provide a structural validation of the 28-item Autism Spectrum Quotient-Short Form questionnaire in a sample of adults with clinically diagnosed autism spectrum disorders ("n" = 148). Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the proposed structure, comprising a second-order Social Skills…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Questionnaires, Test Validity
Brief Report: An Evaluation of the AQ-10 as a Brief Screening Instrument for ASD in Adults
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Booth, Tom; Murray, Aja Louise; McKenzie, Karen; Kuenssberg, Renate; O'Donnell, Michael; Burnett, Hollie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
There is a need for brief screening instruments for autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) that can be used by frontline healthcare professionals to aid in the decision as to whether an individual should be referred for a full diagnostic assessment. In this study we evaluated the ability of a short form of the autism spectrum quotient (AQ)…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Questionnaires
Screening for Offenders with an Intellectual Disability: The Validity of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire
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McKenzie, Karen; Michie, Amanda; Murray, Aja; Hales, Charlene – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The study assessed the validity of an intellectual disability screening tool, the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ), in three forensic settings: a community intellectual disability forensic service; a forensic in-patient secure unit and a prison, using data for 94 individuals. A significant positive relationship was found between…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Criminals, Correctional Institutions, Test Validity
The Evaluation of a Screening Tool for Children with an Intellectual Disability: The Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire
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McKenzie, Karen; Paxton, Donna; Murray, George; Milanesi, Paula; Murray, Aja Louise – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The study outlines the evaluation of an intellectual disability screening tool, the "Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire" ("CAIDS-Q"), with two age groups. A number of aspects of the reliability and validity of the "CAIDS-Q" were assessed for these two groups, including inter-rater reliability, convergent and…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Validity, Interrater Reliability, Measures (Individuals)