Perry Adrienne, Taheri Azin, Ting Victoria, Weiss Jonathan
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2015 Nov;28(6):594-7. doi: 10.1111/jar.12143. Epub 2015 Apr 6.
Accurate measurement of adaptive behaviour is important in both clinical and research contexts. While several good clinical measures exist, as well as brief research measures for adults with intellectual disability, there is need for a brief and efficient measure for research with children and youth. We present preliminary psychometric properties of a new scale we developed for such purposes, the GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Behaviour Scale.
A large sample (n = 432) of parents of youth (aged 3-20) with intellectual disability and/or ASD completed an online survey that included the new scale. A subsample of these parents (n = 204) also completed the Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised Short Form (Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised Comprehensive Manual, 1996 and Riverside Publishing).
The new scale has good internal consistency and correlates strongly with the Scales of Independent Behavior, thus supporting its reliability and validity.
Although we do not recommend its use for clinical purposes, the GO4KIDDS Brief Adaptive Behaviour Scale may be useful for survey research with parents of children and youth with developmental disabilities.
在临床和研究环境中，准确测量适应性行为都很重要。虽然存在几种不错的临床测量方法，以及针对成年智力残疾者的简短研究测量方法，但仍需要一种针对儿童和青少年研究的简短且有效的测量方法。我们展示了一种为此目的而开发的新量表——GO4KIDDS简短适应性行为量表的初步心理测量特性。
一大群（n = 432）患有智力残疾和/或自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的青少年（3至20岁）的家长完成了一项在线调查，其中包括该新量表。这些家长中的一个子样本（n = 204）还完成了《独立行为量表修订简表》（《独立行为量表修订综合手册》，1996年，河滨出版社）。
新量表具有良好的内部一致性，并且与《独立行为量表》强烈相关，从而支持了其可靠性和有效性。
虽然我们不建议将其用于临床目的，但GO4KIDDS简短适应性行为量表可能对针对发育障碍儿童和青少年家长的调查研究有用。
