Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4940887 Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 2017 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Comorbid for Children (ASD-CC). Mothers of children with ASD (n = 330) and of typically developing children (n = 220) aged from 2 to 16 years were asked to complete the ASD-CC. The next four steps were conducted for data analysis. First, the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to figure out the factor structure of the Korean version of the ASD-CC. It revealed that the 7-factor structure of the ASD-CC is applicable to the Korean version, likewise. Second, the internal consistency and test-retest reliability were measured, which showed to be in either moderately good or within the acceptable range. Third, the inter-correlations between the ASD-CC and the Korean Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL) and the ASD-CC and Korean Behavior Problem Inventory (BPI-01) were computed to be revealed as significant. In addition, the discriminant validity between ASD and typically developing children was well established. And finally, cut-off scores for 7 subscales of the ASD-CC were calculated using the Mean and Standard Deviation. These findings suggest that the Korean version of ASD-CC is a psychometrically sound instrument. Clinical and research implications as well as limitations are measured.
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