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Psychometric validity and clinical usefulness of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and the AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scale for an autistic sample.

Journal of autism and developmental disorders ·Vol. 19 ·No. 1 ·1989-03-00 ·Pages 41-55

Perry A, Factor DC

Abstract

Two prominent assessment measures of adaptive behavior were compared and evaluated in terms of their psychometric properties and their clinical usefulness for autistic children and adolescents. The AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scale-School Edition (Lambert & Windmiller, 1981) and the Vineland Adapative Behavior Scales (Sparrow, Balla, & Cicchetti, 1984) were compared in 15 autistic persons aged 8 to 18. Correlations between the two instruments revealed good concurrent validity. The psychometric properties of the tests were similar to those found in samples of mentally retarded persons. The use of adaptive behavior measures for autistic children and adolescents is encouraged. Clinical advantages and disadvantages of the two tests are discussed.

MeSH Terms
Activities of Daily Living Adolescent Autistic Disorder/diagnosis,rehabilitation Child Female Humans Male Psychological Tests Psychometrics
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Perry A
TRE-ADD, Thistletown Regional Centre, Rexdale, Ontario.
Factor D C
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Abbr.
J Autism Dev Disord
ISSN
0162-3257
DOI
10.1007/BF02212717
Published
1989-03-00
Pages
41-55
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7904301
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF02212717 View journal details
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