Validation of the autism behavior checklist in Egyptian children with autism spectrum disorder.

IF 1.6 3区心理学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Child Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-26 DOI:10.1080/09297049.2024.2309016

Reham I Abdelmageed, Azza M Youssef, Lamiaa S Rihan, Asmaa W Abdelaziz

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Abstract

This study was designed to validate the Arabic version of the Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) for the Egyptian population. A total of 500 mothers of children aged 4-14 years, of whom 150 had a diagnosis of ASD, 100 with intellectual disability, and 250 typically developing children completed the ABC. The factor analysis showed that 48 of 57 ABC items yielded a five-dimensional factor structure. The ABC-Arabic version indicated acceptable internal consistency (α = 0.85) and test - retest reliability (0.82). Also, the ABC exhibited good concurrent validity and discriminative validity. A cutoff score of 58 obtained a sensitivity of 94.7% and a specificity of 92.14% for detecting children with ASD. Our findings support the use of the ABC as a valid screening measure for ASD cases, and it may promote the use of the ABC for clinical and research purposes among Arabic-speaking communities.

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在埃及自闭症谱系障碍儿童中验证自闭症行为核对表。

本研究旨在验证阿拉伯语版自闭症行为核对表（ABC）在埃及人群中的适用性。共有 500 名 4-14 岁儿童的母亲完成了 ABC 测试，其中 150 名儿童被诊断为自闭症，100 名儿童患有智力障碍，250 名儿童发育正常。因子分析显示，在 57 个 ABC 项目中，有 48 个项目具有五维因子结构。阿拉伯语版 ABC 的内部一致性（α = 0.85）和测试-重测信度（0.82）均可接受。此外，ABC 还表现出良好的并发效度和区分效度。在检测患有 ASD 的儿童时，以 58 分为临界值的灵敏度为 94.7%，特异度为 92.14%。我们的研究结果表明，ABC 是筛查 ASD 病例的有效方法，它可以促进 ABC 在阿拉伯语社区的临床和研究中的应用。

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Child Neuropsychology 医学-临床神经学

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The purposes of Child Neuropsychology are to: publish research on the neuropsychological effects of disorders which affect brain functioning in children and adolescents, publish research on the neuropsychological dimensions of development in childhood and adolescence and promote the integration of theory, method and research findings in child/developmental neuropsychology. The primary emphasis of Child Neuropsychology is to publish original empirical research. Theoretical and methodological papers and theoretically relevant case studies are welcome. Critical reviews of topics pertinent to child/developmental neuropsychology are encouraged. Emphases of interest include the following: information processing mechanisms; the impact of injury or disease on neuropsychological functioning; behavioral cognitive and pharmacological approaches to treatment/intervention; psychosocial correlates of neuropsychological dysfunction; definitive normative, reliability, and validity studies of psychometric and other procedures used in the neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents. Articles on both normal and dysfunctional development that are relevant to the aforementioned dimensions are welcome. Multiple approaches (e.g., basic, applied, clinical) and multiple methodologies (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal, experimental, multivariate, correlational) are appropriate. Books, media, and software reviews will be published.