TY - JOUR
T1 - The Development and Validation of a Subscale for the School-Age Child Behavior CheckList to Screen for Autism Spectrum Disorder
AU - Offermans, Julia E.
AU - de Bruin, Esther I.
AU - Lange, Aurelie M. C.
AU - Middeldorp, Christel M.
AU - Wesseldijk, Laura W.
AU - Boomsma, Dorret I.
AU - Dieleman, Gwen C.
AU - Bögels, Susan M.
AU - van Steensel, Francisca J. A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - The first aim of this study was to construct/validate a subscale—with cut-offs considering gender/age differences—for the school-age Child Behavior CheckList (CBCL) to screen for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) applying both data-driven (N = 1666) and clinician-expert (N = 15) approaches. Further, we compared these to previously established CBCL ASD profiles/subscales and DSM-oriented subscales. The second aim was to cross-validate results in two truly independent samples (N = 2445 and 886). Despite relatively low discriminative power of all subscales in the cross-validation samples, results indicated that the data-driven subscale had the best potential to screen for ASD and a similar screening potential as the DSM-oriented subscales. Given beneficial implications for pediatric/clinical practice, we encourage colleagues to continue the validation of this CBCL ASD subscale.
AB - The first aim of this study was to construct/validate a subscale—with cut-offs considering gender/age differences—for the school-age Child Behavior CheckList (CBCL) to screen for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) applying both data-driven (N = 1666) and clinician-expert (N = 15) approaches. Further, we compared these to previously established CBCL ASD profiles/subscales and DSM-oriented subscales. The second aim was to cross-validate results in two truly independent samples (N = 2445 and 886). Despite relatively low discriminative power of all subscales in the cross-validation samples, results indicated that the data-driven subscale had the best potential to screen for ASD and a similar screening potential as the DSM-oriented subscales. Given beneficial implications for pediatric/clinical practice, we encourage colleagues to continue the validation of this CBCL ASD subscale.
KW - Achenbach System of empirically based Assessment (ASEBA)
KW - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
KW - Child Behavior CheckList (CBCL)
KW - Children and adolescents
KW - Screening
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05465-7
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05465-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 35165798
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 53
SP - 1034
EP - 1052
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 3
ER -