Kanagaraj Sagayaraj, Ramdoss Sathiyaprakash, Sigafoos Jeff, Kancharla Kinjari, Vani Lakshmi R, Ram Gopal C N, Sabari Sridhar O T, Karthikeyan Sundaravadivel
Department of Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu 603103, India.
Department of Teacher Education, Dwight Schar College of Education, Ashland University, Ashland, OH 44805, USA.
Int J Dev Disabil. 2023 Jan 31;70(7):1218-1226. doi: 10.1080/20473869.2023.2170005. eCollection 2024.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that occurs during the developmental period and affects overall cognitive, emotional, social, and physical health. Comprehensive screening for ASD can assist in diagnosis and intervention planning. The primary aim of this study was to develop and validate a screening tool for ASD based on the diagnostic guidelines of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The Social-Emotional Rating Scale for Autism Spectrum Disorder (SERA) was validated with 504 participants, including healthcare professionals who have worked with individuals with ASD and parents/primary caregivers of children with ASD. A confirmatory factor analysis on 78 participants with ASD and 27 participants without ASD indicated a good fit for the data. As an intervention planning tool, the developed SERA appears promising for identifying a person's social-emotional functioning level in line with autistic characteristics.
自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)是一种在发育期间出现的神经发育障碍,会影响整体认知、情感、社交和身体健康。对ASD进行全面筛查有助于诊断和干预计划的制定。本研究的主要目的是根据《国际疾病分类》(ICD-11)的诊断指南开发并验证一种ASD筛查工具。自闭症谱系障碍社会情感评定量表(SERA)在504名参与者中得到了验证,这些参与者包括曾与ASD患者合作过的医疗保健专业人员以及ASD儿童的父母/主要照顾者。对78名ASD患者和27名非ASD患者进行的验证性因素分析表明数据拟合良好。作为一种干预计划工具,所开发的SERA在根据自闭症特征确定一个人的社会情感功能水平方面似乎很有前景。