在尼日利亚青少年中验证社会沟通问卷
Eziafakaku Uchechukwu Nwokolo1, Glynis H Murphy1, Peter E Langdon2
1Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
概括
社会沟通问卷 (SCQ) 有效地选尼日利亚青少年的自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD). 这种经过验证的工具证明了在这个人群中识别自闭症的良好的心理测量特性.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
背景情况:
- 对于非洲人群而言,存在有限的经过验证的自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 查工具.
- 社会传播问卷 (SCQ) 是一种广泛使用的选工具,但其心理测量特性需要在各种环境中进行验证.
- 尼日利亚为评估ASD查工具提供了一个独特的人口统计数据.
研究的目的:
- 在尼日利亚青少年中评估社会沟通问卷 (SCQ) 终身形式的心理测量特性.
- 确定SCQ的有效性和可靠性,以在尼日利亚背景下识别自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD).
- 用自闭症诊断观察表第二版 (ADOS-2) 作为黄金标准来评估SCQ的敏感性和特异性.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及205名尼日利亚青少年及其父母/照顾者的横截面研究.
- 使用SCQ终身表格和自闭症诊断观察表第二版 (ADOS-2).
- 用确认因素分析 (CFA),逻辑回归和皮尔森相关性来评估心理测量属性.
主要成果:
- 该SCQ表现出良好的内部一致性,歧视性有效性和趋同有效性.
- 10的SCQ切线得分为0.81的灵敏度和0.88的特异性,用于ASD识别.
- 确认因素分析支持SCQ的原始四个因素结构.
结论:
- 社会沟通问卷 (SCQ) 是一种在心理测量上有效的工具,用于对尼日利亚青少年进行自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的查.
- 这些发现支持尼日利亚使用SCQ,有助于提供文化相关的ASD诊断工具.
- 进一步的研究可以探索SCQ在非洲不同年龄组和文化背景中的实用性.
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