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Early Screening of the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validity Properties and Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy
This study examined the cross-cultural generalisability of the First Year Inventory (FYI) on an Italian sample, testing its construct validity, consistency, and structural validity. Six hundred ninety-eight parents of children aged 11–13 months completed the questionnaire. Similarities between analy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085413 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10020108 |
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author | Levante, Annalisa Petrocchi, Serena Massagli, Angelo Filograna, Maria Rosaria De Giorgi, Serafino Lecciso, Flavia |
author_facet | Levante, Annalisa Petrocchi, Serena Massagli, Angelo Filograna, Maria Rosaria De Giorgi, Serafino Lecciso, Flavia |
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description | This study examined the cross-cultural generalisability of the First Year Inventory (FYI) on an Italian sample, testing its construct validity, consistency, and structural validity. Six hundred ninety-eight parents of children aged 11–13 months completed the questionnaire. Similarities between analyses of Italian and American/Israeli samples were found, as were demonstrations of the instrument’s construct validity and internal consistency with both groups. The original factorial structure was not demonstrated; thus, a new factorial structure was tested, and a short version of the FYI was demonstrated via confirmatory factor analysis. The findings supported the generalisability of the Italian version of the FYI and its validity. The FYI may aid in medical decision-making on further steps for referral of the child to an early diagnostic assessment. |
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spelling | pubmed-70714362020-03-19 Early Screening of the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validity Properties and Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy Levante, Annalisa Petrocchi, Serena Massagli, Angelo Filograna, Maria Rosaria De Giorgi, Serafino Lecciso, Flavia Brain Sci Article This study examined the cross-cultural generalisability of the First Year Inventory (FYI) on an Italian sample, testing its construct validity, consistency, and structural validity. Six hundred ninety-eight parents of children aged 11–13 months completed the questionnaire. Similarities between analyses of Italian and American/Israeli samples were found, as were demonstrations of the instrument’s construct validity and internal consistency with both groups. The original factorial structure was not demonstrated; thus, a new factorial structure was tested, and a short version of the FYI was demonstrated via confirmatory factor analysis. The findings supported the generalisability of the Italian version of the FYI and its validity. The FYI may aid in medical decision-making on further steps for referral of the child to an early diagnostic assessment. MDPI 2020-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7071436/ /pubmed/32085413 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10020108 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Levante, Annalisa Petrocchi, Serena Massagli, Angelo Filograna, Maria Rosaria De Giorgi, Serafino Lecciso, Flavia Early Screening of the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validity Properties and Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy |
title | Early Screening of the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validity Properties and Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy |
title_full | Early Screening of the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validity Properties and Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy |
title_fullStr | Early Screening of the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validity Properties and Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy |
title_full_unstemmed | Early Screening of the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validity Properties and Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy |
title_short | Early Screening of the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validity Properties and Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy |
title_sort | early screening of the autism spectrum disorders: validity properties and cross-cultural generalizability of the first year inventory in italy |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085413 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10020108 |
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