Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (CASS): An Independent Observational Outcome Measure of Social Skills in Autistic Adolescents.
The goal of this study was to translate and adapt the original 9-item of the Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (CASS) to a Dutch version and assess its psychometric qualities. Autistic adolescents aged 12 to 18 years (n = 99) took part in a randomized controlled trial. In this study, pre-interv...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 54; no. 12; pp. 4596 - 4610 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180804668&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180804668 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01623257 AUT jtl: Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders issn: 01623257 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2024 vid: 54 iid: 12 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 180804668 173513004 180804668 180804668 10.1007/s10803-023-06156-7 180804668 ppf: 4596 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (CASS): An Independent Observational Outcome Measure of Social Skills in Autistic Adolescents. aug: au: Idris, Sakinah ten Hoeve, Femke H. F. Ratto, Allison B. White, Susan W. van Haren, Neeltje Greaves-Lord, Kirstin affil: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands sug: subj: Autism Spectrum Disorder In Adolescence Social Skills Evaluation Dutch Persons Psychosocial Factors Psychometrics Instrument Validation Reliability and Validity Human Funding Source Scales Male Female Child Adolescence Nonexperimental Studies Factor Analysis Coefficient alpha Developmental Disabilities Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: The goal of this study was to translate and adapt the original 9-item of the Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (CASS) to a Dutch version and assess its psychometric qualities. Autistic adolescents aged 12 to 18 years (n = 99) took part in a randomized controlled trial. In this study, pre-intervention data were utilized. The original CASS was adapted to ensure cultural relevance and the content validity was assessed. Data was used to assess reliability and structural validity, using confirmatory factor analysis. 4-item were added to the CASS during the adaptation to better align with the objectives of the experimental intervention. The original 9-item had inter-item correlations between.01 and.70. The Cronbach's alpha for the original 4-item total score was moderate (α =.69), while for a 7-item total score, it was high (α =.86). This 7-item total score had a sufficient model fit (Comparative Fit Index =.90). This total score had a significant correlation with the Assertion subscale of the Social Skills Improvement System-Adolescent (SSIS-A) (r = 0.26, p <.01), and the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2) total score (r = −.21, p =.04) indicating sufficient convergent validity. The CASS total score was not correlated with the Repetitive and Restricted Behavior scale of the SRS-2 (r = −.08, p =.43), indicating sufficient divergent validity. The Dutch CASS can be considered a conceptually sound and reliable observational instrument for assessing social conversational skills in Dutch autistic youth. Further evaluation of its feasibility when implemented in practice, outside of clinical research, is needed. Trial registration: Dutch trail register NTR6255 (NL6117) 08/02/2017 https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/6117 pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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