TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Questionnaire to Assess Mental Health and Concerning Behaviors in Children and Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
T2 - The Assessment of Concerning Behavior (ACB) Scale
AU - Tarver, Joanne
AU - Vitoratou, Silia
AU - Mastroianni, Mathilde
AU - Heaney, Natalie
AU - Bennett, Eleanor
AU - Gibbons, Felicity
AU - Fiori, Federico
AU - Absoud, Michael
AU - Ramasubramanian, Lakshmi
AU - Simonoff, Emily
AU - Santosh, Paramala
N1 - Funding Information:
This manuscript summarizes independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research programme (RP-PG-1211-20016). The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. ES additionally receives support from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust (IS-BRC-1215-20018), the NIHR through a Senior Investigator Award (NF-SI-0514-10073), the European Union Innovative Medicines Initiative (EU-IMI 115300), Autistica (7237), Medical Research Council (MR/R000832/1, MR/P019293/1), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC 003041/1), Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charitable Foundation (GSTT EF1150502) and the Maudsley Charity. The authors wish to thank the following clinicians and researchers who provided valuable insight into the development of the ACB: Professor Tony Charman, Dr Vicky Slonims, Professor Gillian Baird, Professor Stephen Scott, Dr Iris Rathwell. We also thank all the participants, parents and teachers who helped us by participating at various stages of the project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/10/14
Y1 - 2020/10/14
N2 - Although 70% of autistic children and young people meet criteria for co-occurring psychiatric conditions, there are few screening measures specifically for autistic individuals. We describe the development and validation of the Assessment of Concerning Behavior (ACB), an instrument co-developed with the autistic community to assess mental health and problematic/risky behaviors. Items include descriptions to facilitate symptom recognition by autistic people, and carers/professionals. The ACB was completed by 255 parents, 149 autistic children and young people and 30 teachers. Internal consistency, stability and validity was assessed. The ACB parent-version fit a two-factor model (internalizing and externalizing problems) and showed adequate test-retest reliability, internal consistency and construct validity. The ACB is a promising new measure for research and clinical use in autism.
AB - Although 70% of autistic children and young people meet criteria for co-occurring psychiatric conditions, there are few screening measures specifically for autistic individuals. We describe the development and validation of the Assessment of Concerning Behavior (ACB), an instrument co-developed with the autistic community to assess mental health and problematic/risky behaviors. Items include descriptions to facilitate symptom recognition by autistic people, and carers/professionals. The ACB was completed by 255 parents, 149 autistic children and young people and 30 teachers. Internal consistency, stability and validity was assessed. The ACB parent-version fit a two-factor model (internalizing and externalizing problems) and showed adequate test-retest reliability, internal consistency and construct validity. The ACB is a promising new measure for research and clinical use in autism.
KW - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
KW - Emotional and behavioral problems
KW - Instrument development and validation
KW - Risk
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-020-04748-1
DO - 10.1007/s10803-020-04748-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 33051784
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 51
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 8
ER -
