Futterman A D, Arndt S
Am J Ment Defic. 1983 Mar;87(5):546-50.
The construct and predictive validity of adaptive behavior of mentally retarded persons was investigated using a multitrait multimethod analysis. The validity issues of concern were (a) how generalizable the adaptive behavior dimension is over a variety of measurement methods, (b) how adaptive behavior relates to mental age (MA), and (c) how well adaptive behavior assessment references placement in programs and situations. Adaptive behavior and MA were assessed by program participation, psychometric ratings, and overall staff ratings. Adaptive behavior had high convergent validity and low discriminant validity and predicted MA program placement better than did MA. We concluded that adaptive behavior scores could replace MA.
采用多特质多方法分析对智力迟钝者适应性行为的结构效度和预测效度进行了研究。所关注的效度问题包括：(a) 适应性行为维度在多种测量方法中的可推广程度如何；(b) 适应性行为与心理年龄 (MA) 的关系如何；(c) 适应性行为评估在多大程度上能为项目和情境中的安置提供参考。通过项目参与、心理测量评分和工作人员总体评分来评估适应性行为和MA。适应性行为具有较高的聚合效度和较低的区分效度，并且在预测MA项目安置方面比MA表现更好。我们得出结论，适应性行为分数可以取代MA。
