Psychometric properties of the Persian version of social responsiveness scale-second edition (SRS-2)
ISSN: 2056-3868
Article publication date: 2 September 2021
Issue publication date: 2 June 2022
Abstract
Purpose
To quantitatively measure the subtle and general symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one of the instruments that have been designed and used is the social responsiveness scale (SRS). The purpose of this study is to translate the second edition of the SRS into Persian and to examine its psychometric properties in school and preschool children with ASD.
Design/methodology/approach
The present study is a methodological study of the psychometric type; the study population consisted of school and preschool children from 3 to 12 years of age with ASD and an intelligence quotient of approximately 70. In total, 10 professors and occupational therapists with research and clinical experience in the field of children, were selected for the translation and content validation stages by expert sampling. To determine the validity of the instrument, the content validity index (CVI) and the content validity ratio (CVR) were used; in addition, to determine the reliability, the internal consistency determination method with Cronbach’s alpha number report and inter-rater reliability method within-class correlation coefficient report were used.
Findings
The calculated CVI and CVR of the instrument for all instrument items were 0.82 and 0.86, respectively. The intra-class correlation coefficient performed by different raters was 0.80 and Cronbach’s alpha for all items was 0.93.
Originality/value
The reliability and validity of the Persian version of the social responsiveness scale-second edition are appropriate and acceptable so that this instrument can be used to assess the social performance skills of 3–12-years-old children with ASD for research and clinical study.
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Acknowledgements
All children with ASD and their parents or teachers, as well as the experts who participated in this study, are thanked and appreciated for their sincere cooperation.Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.Funding: The author (s) received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
Citation
Mirzakhani Araghi, N., Alizadeh Zarei, M., Saei, S. and Dibajnia, P. (2022), "Psychometric properties of the Persian version of social responsiveness scale-second edition (SRS-2)", Advances in Autism, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1108/AIA-06-2021-0027
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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