1. Factor Structure of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire in Young Children with and Without Autism.
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Hatch, Burt, Nordahl, Christine Wu, Schwichtenberg, A. J., Ozonoff, Sally, and Miller, Meghan
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SLEEP disorder diagnosis ,RELIABILITY (Personality trait) ,PSYCHOLOGY of children with disabilities ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,RESEARCH methodology ,COMPARATIVE studies ,AUTISM ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,FACTOR analysis ,CHILDREN - Abstract
The Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) is often used to assess sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but little is known about its factor structure in younger children with ASD. We evaluated alternative factor structures and measurement invariance for CSHQ items in 2- to 4-year-olds with ASD or typical development (TD). Bifactor models indicated subscales' variance was subsumed by a general factor predominantly reflecting sleep initiation and nighttime awakening items. A factor consisting of 7 of these items was measurement invariant across ASD and TD. Thus, comparisons between young children with ASD and TD is appropriate for a measure composed of 7 CSHQ items relating to sleep initiation and awakenings but not for other CSHQ item composites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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