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¹Nisonger Center - UCEDD The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. chowdhury.23@osu.edu

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The Home Situations Questionnaire-Pediatric Developmental Disorders (HSQ-PDD) is a reliable tool for assessing behavioral non-compliance in children with PDDs. Its two factors, "Socially Inflexible" and "Demand-Specific," show good psychometric properties.

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Area of Science:

Child psychology
Psychometrics
Developmental disorders

Background:

The Home Situations Questionnaire (HSQ) assesses behavioral non-compliance in typically developing children.
No established measure exists for behavioral non-compliance in children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs).

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of a modified HSQ for children with PDDs (HSQ-PDD).

Main Methods:

The Home Situations Questionnaire was modified for PDDs, resulting in the 25-item HSQ-PDD.
Exploratory factor analysis with oblique rotations was used to determine the factor structure.
Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha.

Main Results:

Two factors emerged: 'Socially Inflexible' (14 items, alpha=0.90) and 'Demand-Specific' (6 items, alpha=0.80).
The HSQ-PDD demonstrated good internal consistency for both sub-scales.
Sub-scales correlated moderately with other symptom measures and lowly with adaptive behavior scales.

Conclusions:

The HSQ-PDD is a suitable measure for assessing behavioral non-compliance in children with PDDs.
The 'Demand-Specific' sub-scale may require additional items for enhanced utility.
Factor structure and psychometric properties support the use of HSQ-PDD in this population.