TY - JOUR
T1 - Modifying the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale (6–18 years) to a Chinese Context
T2 - An Exploratory Factor Analysis
AU - Zhou, Hao
AU - Zhang, Lili
AU - Luo, Xuerong
AU - Wu, Lijie
AU - Zou, Xiaobing
AU - Xia, Kun
AU - Wang, Yimin
AU - Xu, Xiu
AU - Ge, Xiaoling
AU - Jiang, Yong Hui
AU - Fombonne, Eric
AU - Yan, Weili
AU - Wang, Yi
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China (201302002; ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT 02200679), the Shanghai International Cooperation Ministry of Science Projects (14430712200), and the Development Project of Shanghai Peak Discipline-Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine. We thank all of the parents who participated in this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s).
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the autism spectrum rating scale (ASRS). We recruited 1,625 community-based children and 211 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) cases from 4 sites, and the parents of all participants completed the Chinese version of the ASRS. A robust weighted least squares means and variance adjusted estimator was used for exploratory factor analysis. The 3-factor structure included 59 items suitable for the current sample. The item reliability for the modified Chinese version of the ASRS (MC-ASRS) was excellent. Moreover, with 60 as the cut-off point, receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that the MC-ASRS had excellent discriminate validity, comparable to that of the unmodified Chinese version (UC-ASRS), with area under the curve values of 0.952 (95% CI: 0.936–0.967) and 0.948 (95% CI: 0.930–0.965), respectively. Meanwhile, the confirm factor analysis revealed that MC-ASRS had a better construct validity than UC-ASRS based on the above factor solution in another children sample. In conclusion, the MC-ASRS shows better efficacy in epidemiological screening for ASD in Chinese children.
AB - The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the autism spectrum rating scale (ASRS). We recruited 1,625 community-based children and 211 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) cases from 4 sites, and the parents of all participants completed the Chinese version of the ASRS. A robust weighted least squares means and variance adjusted estimator was used for exploratory factor analysis. The 3-factor structure included 59 items suitable for the current sample. The item reliability for the modified Chinese version of the ASRS (MC-ASRS) was excellent. Moreover, with 60 as the cut-off point, receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that the MC-ASRS had excellent discriminate validity, comparable to that of the unmodified Chinese version (UC-ASRS), with area under the curve values of 0.952 (95% CI: 0.936–0.967) and 0.948 (95% CI: 0.930–0.965), respectively. Meanwhile, the confirm factor analysis revealed that MC-ASRS had a better construct validity than UC-ASRS based on the above factor solution in another children sample. In conclusion, the MC-ASRS shows better efficacy in epidemiological screening for ASD in Chinese children.
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Children
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Exploratory factor analysis
KW - Screening
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U2 - 10.1007/s12264-017-0104-7
DO - 10.1007/s12264-017-0104-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 28238114
AN - SCOPUS:85013860042
SN - 1673-7067
VL - 33
SP - 175
EP - 182
JO - Neuroscience Bulletin
JF - Neuroscience Bulletin
IS - 2
ER -