ERIC Number: EJ1136811
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-May
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Joint-Attention and the Social Phenotype of School-Aged Children with ASD
Mundy, Peter; Novotny, Stephanie; Swain-Lerro, Lindsey; McIntyre, Nancy; Zajic, Matt; Oswald, Tasha
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v47 n5 p1423-1435 May 2017
The validity of joint attention assessment in school-aged children with ASD is unclear (Lord, Jones, "Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry" 53(5):490-509, 2012). This study examined the feasibility and validity of a parent-report measure of joint attention related behaviors in verbal children and adolescents with ASD. Fifty-two children with ASD and 34 controls were assessed with the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale (C-JARS). The C-JARS exhibited internally consistency, a = 0.88, and one factor explained 49% of the scale variance. Factor scores correctly identified between 88 and 94% of the children with ASD and 62-82% of controls. These scores were correlated with the ADOS-2, but not other parent-report symptom measures. The C-JARS appears to assess a unique dimension of the social-phenotype of children with ASD.
Descriptors: Attention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Evaluation Methods, Children, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Rating Scales, Test Validity, Factor Analysis, Scores, Correlation, Parent Attitudes, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Diagnostic Tests, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1R21MH085904; R324A120168