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ToolsO'Shea, Aimee, Holmes, Claudia H. B. and Engelhardt, Paul E. (2023) A parental-report questionnaire for language abilities and pragmatics in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Brain Sciences, 13 (2). ISSN 2076-3425
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to test and validate a parental-report questionnaire, which assesses language abilities and pragmatics, in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). We report two experiments: The first served as the initial test and the second sought to provide the first assessment of convergent validity. In total, we recruited 230 parents, where approximately two-thirds had a child with ASD. Results of factor analyses showed a consistent factor structure within each subscale, and the internal consistency was excellent for both sub-scales (Cronbach’s alpha >0.90). Convergent validity was assessed by correlating the results of the questionnaire with two sub-scales of the Autism Quotient questionnaire. The correlations were all greater than 0.60. The final version of the questionnaire (following exclusion of problematic items) contains 30 items (12 for language abilities and 18 for pragmatics). We conclude that the questionnaire is a concise and practical instrument for use in a variety of contexts for assessing language functioning and communication in children with ASD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | autism spectrum disorder,questionnaire validation,language ability,pragmatics,verbal children,social communication,autism spectrum disorders,neuroscience(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2800 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2023 18:30 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2023 09:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90827 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/brainsci13020196 |
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