The psychometric properties of the Iranian version of Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) in children with autism spectrum disorder

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI:10.1108/aia-12-2021-0048

E. Jenabi, N. Rabiei, Mahdieh Seyedi, Mohammad Rezaei, A. Soltanian, S. Bashirian, A. Salehi

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the social communication questionnaire (SCQ) in Iran by identifying children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who had Persian-speaking parents. Design/methodology/approach A case–control study was performed from June to August 2021 in Hamadan, Iran. The case group consisted of children who were examined by clinicians who used a coding scheme based on the DSM-V criteria for ASD by a psychiatrist. The control group consisted of non-ASD children who were asked to participate in the study. This study conducted the reliability, content and face validity to evaluate the psychometric properties of the tool. In the first step, Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin and Bartlett’s test were used to determine sampling adequacy and appropriateness of correlation matrix. In the second step, the exploratory factor analysis approach was used. The method of extracting the factors is done by using the varimax rotation method and selecting the number of factors using an eigenvalue and scree plot. Statistical analysis was performed using Software Package for Social Sciences 21 with the statistical significance set at level less than 0.05. Findings The quantitative content validity analysis revealed that the mean of content validity ratio and content validity index were 0.92 and 0.91, respectively. Mean score ± standard deviation in the two groups of ASD and control were 14.23 ± 3.84 and 7.83 ± 4.80, respectively. With cut-off point >12.5, sensitivity, specificity and misclassification error values were 73.33%, 80.0% and 23%, respectively. Research limitations/implications The results showed that the internal consistency of the SCQ is desirable. Also, the internal consistency of its five subscales was obtained between 0.700 and 0.87. The findings showed that SCQ questionnaire is highly reliable in reciprocal social interaction (Factor 1) and the total score, while other factors were relatively reliable. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper on psychometric properties of SCQ in ASD children in Iran.

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伊朗版社会沟通问卷（SCQ）对自闭症谱系障碍儿童的心理测量特性

目的通过对父母为波斯语的自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童进行识别，探讨伊朗儿童社会交际问卷(SCQ)的心理测量特征。设计/方法学/方法2021年6月至8月在伊朗哈马丹进行了一项病例对照研究。病例组由临床医生检查的儿童组成，临床医生使用基于DSM-V标准的编码方案，由精神科医生检查ASD。对照组由非asd儿童组成，他们被要求参加这项研究。本研究通过信度、内容和面效度来评价该工具的心理测量特性。第一步采用Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin和Bartlett检验来确定相关矩阵的抽样充分性和适当性。第二步，采用探索性因子分析方法。提取因子的方法是采用最大变量旋转法，利用特征值和屏幕图选择因子个数。采用软件包for Social Sciences 21进行统计学分析，统计学显著性设为水平< 0.05。结果定量内容效度分析显示，内容效度比均值为0.92，内容效度指数均值为0.91。ASD组和对照组的平均评分±标准差分别为14.23±3.84和7.83±4.80。在截断点>12.5下，敏感性、特异性和误分类误差值分别为73.33%、80.0%和23%。研究局限/启示结果表明，SCQ的内部一致性是可取的。五个分量表的内部一致性在0.700 ~ 0.87之间。结果表明，SCQ问卷在互惠社会互动(因子1)和总分上具有较高的信度，而其他因子则相对可靠。原创性/价值据作者所知，这是第一篇关于伊朗ASD儿童SCQ心理测量特征的论文。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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