Skorokhodov Ivan V, Radygina Ksenia P, Skorokhodova Elena Y, Firsova Svetlana P, Portnova Galina V, Varlamov Anton A
Language and Cognition Laboratory, Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Moscow 117485, Russia.
Rehabilitation Center for Children with ASD "Our Sunny World", Moscow 109052, Russia.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2023 Nov 20;13(11):2724-2735. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe13110188.
Autism is a relatively common neurodevelopmental condition that affects social communication and behavior, affecting the overall quality of life. The prevalence of autism is constantly increasing, but timely diagnosis allows for effective treatment. The aim of our research was to construct a Russian version of the RAADS-14, a brief self-report questionnaire originally designed for autism screening, and to perform its initial validation to provide a reference point in developing autism self-assessment tools for the Russian-speaking population. Psychometric properties of the RAADS-14 Rus were evaluated on a sample of 1724 participants, including a general sample of non-psychiatric young adults (n = 794) and adults with clinically established ASD (n = 49); a brief Russian inventory assessing Big Five personality traits (FFQ) was administered to a part of the sample (n = 364) to provide the first assessment of criterion validity. Confirmatory factor analysis of the RAADS-14 Rus confirmed the factor structure of the original Swedish version yielding acceptable fit indices. The discriminating properties were substantially worse than in the original study. The correlations between the RAADS-14 Rus domain scores and the Big Five factors were similar to previously obtained findings. Overall, the results suggest that the RAADS-14 Rus can be used as a screening tool for ASD in adults with proper caution and considering its discriminating properties.
自闭症是一种相对常见的神经发育障碍，会影响社交沟通和行为，进而影响整体生活质量。自闭症的患病率在不断上升，但及时诊断有助于进行有效治疗。我们研究的目的是构建俄罗斯版的RAADS-14，这是一种最初设计用于自闭症筛查的简短自我报告问卷，并对其进行初步验证，以便为讲俄语人群开发自闭症自我评估工具提供一个参考点。在1724名参与者的样本上评估了RAADS-14 Rus的心理测量特性，其中包括非精神科年轻成年人的一般样本（n = 794）和临床确诊为自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的成年人（n = 49）；对部分样本（n = 364）进行了一份评估大五人格特质的简短俄罗斯量表（FFQ），以首次评估效标效度。对RAADS-14 Rus的验证性因素分析证实了原始瑞典版的因素结构，得出了可接受的拟合指数。区分特性比原始研究中的要差得多。RAADS-14 Rus领域得分与大五因素之间的相关性与之前的研究结果相似。总体而言，结果表明，在适当谨慎并考虑其区分特性的情况下，RAADS-14 Rus可作为成人ASD的筛查工具。
