Reliability and Validity of the Autism Screen for Kids and Youth

Autor/inn/en	Lavi, Rachelle; Stokes, Mark A.
Titel	Reliability and Validity of the Autism Screen for Kids and Youth
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 27 (2023) 7, S.1968-1982 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lavi, Rachelle) ORCID (Stokes, Mark A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613221149542
Schlagwörter	Autism Spectrum Disorders; Screening Tests; Children; Adolescents; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Hebrew; Age Differences; Disability Identification; Foreign Countries; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autism; Autismus; Screening-Verfahren; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland
Abstract	Few instruments screen for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among kindergarteners and older children. The Autism Screen for Kids and Youth (ASKY) is a 30-item parental questionnaire for 4- to 18-year-old children and adolescents available in Arabic, English, and Hebrew. We examined the sensitivity, specificity, and temporal stability of the Hebrew ASKY's categorizations ("probable ASD" versus "probable non-ASD") of 167 autistic and non-autistic 4- to 18-year olds. Algorithm-based categorization following "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition" (DSM-5) rules demonstrated 91.8% sensitivity, 71.7% specificity, and excellent test--retest reliability ([kappa] = 0.783, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.583-0.983, p < 0.001). Total score-based categorization using a cutoff of 9 demonstrated high receiver operating characteristics area under the curve (AUC = 0.874) and high sensitivity (93.4%), specificity (78.3%), internal consistency (Cronbach's [alpha] = 0.954), and test-retest reliability ([kappa][subscript scores] = 0.674, [kappa][subscript instrument] = 0.783). Discussing both categorization approaches, we show that the ASKY is a promising instrument for ASD screening of older children. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01