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Validation of the modified checklist for autism in toddlers, revised with follow-up in Taiwanese toddlers
- Source :
- Research in Developmental Disabilities. 85:205-216
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up (M−CHAT-R/F) is a two-stage screening scale for determining the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in toddlers. However, the validity of the M−CHAT-R/F for Asian populations has not yet been established. Aims This study investigated the psychometric properties of the M−CHAT-R/F, Taiwan version (M−CHAT-R/F–T), among low- and high-risk Taiwanese toddlers aged 16–30 months. The associations among M−CHAT-R/F−T scores, developmental performance at 24 and 30 months, and ASD diagnosis prediction at 36 months were examined. Methods and Procedures A two-stage screening of the M−CHAT-R/F−T was applied to a study sample comprising 25 toddlers with ASD and 71 atypically developing (ATD) and 221 typically developing (TD) toddlers. Outcomes and Results The M−CHAT-R/F–T exhibited acceptable internal consistency and test–retest reliability. The M−CHAT-R/F–T scores were significantly correlated with several syndrome scores of the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1.5–5 and were significantly higher among toddlers with ASD than among ATD or TD toddlers. Furthermore, M−CHAT-R/F–T scores were negatively correlated with developmental scores in the Mullen Scales of Early Learning at 24 and 30 months. Moreover, the screening exhibited acceptable predictive validity (sensitivity = 0.86; specificity = 0.96) for ASD diagnosis at 36 months. Conclusions and Implications The findings indicate that the M−CHAT-R/F–T is a valid and reliable tool for the developmental screening of low- and high-risk Taiwanese toddlers in community and clinical settings.
- Subjects :
- Male
Predictive validity
030506 rehabilitation
Psychometrics
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Taiwan
Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers
Clinical settings
Sensitivity and Specificity
03 medical and health sciences
Typically developing
Internal consistency
mental disorders
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Autistic Disorder
Child Behavior Checklist
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
05 social sciences
Infant
Reproducibility of Results
medicine.disease
Checklist
Clinical Psychology
Autism spectrum disorder
Case-Control Studies
Child, Preschool
Female
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Follow-Up Studies
050104 developmental & child psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08914222
- Volume :
- 85
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Research in Developmental Disabilities
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4b84514681e713f54da0a54aa78b409d