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Honey, Emma; McConachie, Helen; Turner, Michelle; Rodgers, Jacqui – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
The repetitive behaviour questionnaire (RBQ) (Turner, 1995) is one of the three most commonly used interview/questionnaire measures of repetitive behaviour (Honey et al., in preparation). Despite this there is a scarcity of information concerning its structure, reliability and validity. The psychometric properties of the RBQ were examined when…
Descriptors: Autism, Learning Disabilities, Construct Validity, Test Validity
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Samios, Christina; Pakenham, Kenneth I.; Sofronoff, Kate – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
The present study examined the nature of sense making in 218 parents who have a child with Asperger syndrome (AS) by developing and validating a multi-item sense making scale for parents of children with AS (SMS-PCAS) and examined the relationships between sense making dimensions and both positive and negative adjustment outcomes. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Asperger Syndrome, Questionnaires, Parents
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Benson, Paul R.; Karlof, Kristie L. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
Research findings examining the adjustment of siblings of children with autism has been inconsistent, with some studies concluding that siblings are negatively impacted, while others have found no adverse effects. We argue that one reason for these inconsistent findings may be the failure by some investigators to take into account the increased…
Descriptors: Siblings, Prosocial Behavior, Autism, Psychiatry