The "Escala d 'avaluació deis trets autistes. (A.TA.)". Validity and reliability of the scale for the assessment of autistic behaviour

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1994-12-30

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Jané Ballabriga, M. C. ., Capdevila Escudé, R., & Domenech Llaberia, E. (1994). The "Escala d ’avaluació deis trets autistes. (A.TA.)". Validity and reliability of the scale for the assessment of autistic behaviour. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, (4), 254–263. Retrieved from https://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/article/view/702

Issue

No. 4 (1994): October-December

Section

Orginial article

Authors

  • M. C. Jané Ballabriga
  • R.M. Capdevila Escudé
  • E. Domenech Llaberia

Keywords:

Autistic syndrome, Behavioural parameters, Psychometric properties, Validity, Reliability, Assessment of autistic behaviour

Abstract

The scale "Avaluacíó deis Trests Autistes (ATA)", is a 23-item paper-and pencil rating sea/es specifically designed Jor the measurement of behavioral parameters in autistic children. The development of the scales, the validity, and reliability studies are presented in this paper. The results suggest that the ATA is an acceptable too! Jor the assessment of autistic behaviors, easy to handle, and accessible to both professionais and paraprofessionals of the medico-educative stajf. However, more work is suggested to Jurther investigate the psychometric properties of this behavior assessment instrument.

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Author Biographies

M. C. Jané Ballabriga

Departamento de Psicología de la Salud Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

R.M. Capdevila Escudé

Departamento de Psicología de la Salud Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

E. Domenech Llaberia

Departamento de Psicología de la Salud Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

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