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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
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Jitlina, Katia; Zumbo, Bruno; Mirenda, Pat; Ford, Laurie; Bennett, Teresa; Georgiades, Stelios; Waddell, Charlotte; Smith, Isabel M.; Volden, Joanne; Duku, Eric; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Szatmari, Peter; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Elsabbagh, Mayada – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Although anxiety is frequently reported in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), existing anxiety scales are often psychometrically inappropriate for this population. This study examined the internal structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale-Parent Report (SCAS-P; Spence 1999) in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Psychometrics, Children
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Kolacz, Jacek; Raspa, Melissa; Heilman, Keri J.; Porges, Stephen W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS), especially those co-diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), face many sensory processing challenges. However, sensory processing measures informed by neurophysiology are lacking. This paper describes the development and psychometric properties of a parent/caregiver report, the Brain-Body Center…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Congenital Impairments, Intellectual Disability, Sensory Experience
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Glod, Magdalena; Creswell, Cathy; Waite, Polly; Jamieson, Ruth; McConachie, Helen; South, Mikle Don; Rodgers, Jacqui – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale-Parent version (SCAS-P) is often used to assess anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), however, little is known about the validity of the tool in this population. The aim of this study was to determine whether the SCAS-P has the same factorial validity in a sample of young people with ASD (n =…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Anxiety, Affective Measures
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Dardas, Latefa A.; Ahmad, Muayyad M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) has been used in many studies that target parents of children with Autistic Disorder. However, the measure has yet to be validated and adapted to this sample group whose daily experiences are considered substantially different from those of parents of children…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Parents, Autism
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Granader, Yael; Wallace, Gregory L.; Hardy, Kristina K.; Yerys, Benjamin E.; Lawson, Rachel A.; Rosenthal, Michael; Wills, Meagan C.; Dixon, Eunice; Pandey, Juhi; Penna, Rebecca; Schultz, Robert T.; Kenworthy, Lauren – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) consistently report executive functioning (EF) deficits. This study investigates the factor structure of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) as reported by parents of children with ASD and typically developing children (TDC). BRIEFs for 411 children with ASD and 467…
Descriptors: Parents, Executive Function, Cognitive Ability, Neurological Impairments
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Egelhoff, Kelsey; Lane, Alison E. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
The Auditory Behavior Questionnaire (ABQ) evaluates abnormal behavioral responses to auditory stimulation in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This study reports preliminary reliability, construct validity and standardization of the ABQ. Parents of children with ASD aged 7-21 years (n = 165) completed the ABQ on-line. Cronbach's alpha…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Parents, Questionnaires, Autism