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Tatiana Pontrelli Mecca; Tally L. Tafla; Fernanda M. B. Bueno; Felipe Valentini; Stella Andrade Bassetto; Maria Cristina Triguero Veloz Teixeira – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
This study describes the cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-3), which assesses 11 skills areas within three major adaptive domains: the conceptual, social, and practical. The translation was performed by two independent translators, which was followed by the synthesis of the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Cultural Relevance, Portuguese, Translation
Gorney, Kylie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Aberrant behavior refers to any type of unusual behavior that would not be expected under normal circumstances. In educational and psychological testing, such behaviors have the potential to severely bias the aberrant examinee's test score while also jeopardizing the test scores of countless others. It is therefore crucial that aberrant examinees…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Educational Testing, Psychological Testing, Test Bias
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Park, Eun-Young; Seo, Hyojeong; Blair, Kwang-Sun Cho; Kang, Min-Chae – SAGE Open, 2021
This study examined the validity of the Korean version of the Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL) with 180 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in South Korea. Rasch analysis was applied to examine item fit, item difficulty, suitability of the response scale, and person and item separation indices of the K-CBCL. The results indicated that,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Child Behavior
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Cress, Cynthia J.; Lambert, Matthew C.; Epstein, Michael H. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2014
The Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (PreBERS) is an assessment of emotional and behavioral strengths in preschoolers with well-established reliability and validity for educational and clinical application in children with and without disabilities. The present study provides further evidence of psychometric rigor for items and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Rating Scales, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems
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DiStefano, Christine; Greer, Fred W.; Kamphaus, R. W.; Brown, William H. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2014
A screening instrument used to identify young children at risk for behavioral and emotional difficulties, the Behavioral and Emotional Screening System Teacher Rating Scale-Preschool was examined. The Rasch Rating Scale Method was used to provide additional information about psychometric properties of items, respondents, and the response scale.…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, At Risk Persons, Test Validity, Rating Scales
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Garcia-Barrera, Mauricio A.; Kamphaus, Randy W.; Bandalos, Deborah – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The problem of valid measurement of psychological constructs remains an impediment to scientific progress, and the measurement of executive functions is not an exception. This study examined the statistical and theoretical derivation of a behavioral screener for the estimation of executive functions in children from the well-established Behavior…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Rating Scales, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics