Caregivers' agreement and validity of indirect functional analysis: A cross cultural evaluation across multiple problem behavior topographies

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Virues Ortega, Javier ^e   Segui Duran, David ^a,f   Descalzo Quero, Alberto ^b,g   Carnerero, Jose Julio ^c   Martin, Neil ^d  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c Centro Al Mudarïs   (Spain)

^d European Association for Behaviour Analysis   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL DE ANTEQUERA   (Spain)

^g Hospital de Baza   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autism; Functional analysis; Indirect methods; Motivation assessment scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CROSS CULTURAL VALIDATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 79751536491     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1022-y     Document Type: Article

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