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The GO 4 KIDDS Brief Adaptive Scale
Author(s) -
Perry Adrienne,
Taheri Azin,
Ting Victoria,
Weiss Jonathan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/jar.12143
Subject(s) - psychology , scale (ratio) , intellectual disability , reliability (semiconductor) , internal consistency , clinical psychology , sample (material) , consistency (knowledge bases) , applied psychology , developmental psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , computer science , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
Background Accurate measurement of adaptive behaviour is important in both clinical and research contexts. While several good clinical measures exist, as well as brief research measures for adults with intellectual disability, there is need for a brief and efficient measure for research with children and youth. We present preliminary psychometric properties of a new scale we developed for such purposes, the GO 4 KIDDS B rief A daptive B ehaviour S cale. Materials and Methods A large sample ( n = 432) of parents of youth (aged 3–20) with intellectual disability and/or ASD completed an online survey that included the new scale. A subsample of these parents ( n = 204) also completed the S cales of I ndependent B ehavior‐ R evised S hort F orm (Scales of Independent Behavior—Revised Comprehensive Manual, 1996 and Riverside Publishing). Results The new scale has good internal consistency and correlates strongly with the S cales of I ndependent B ehavior, thus supporting its reliability and validity. Conclusions Although we do not recommend its use for clinical purposes, the GO 4 KIDDS B rief A daptive B ehaviour S cale may be useful for survey research with parents of children and youth with developmental disabilities.