Brief report: A confirmatory factor analysis of the Child Behavior Checklist in a large sample of autistic youth

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SPECIAL Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102487

Laura de la Roche , Brianne Derby , Molly Pascoe , Melissa Susko , Sabrina Lutchmeah , Jessica Jones , Stelios Georgiades , Rob Nicolson , Evdokia Anagnostou , Elizabeth Kelley

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Abstract

Background

Autistic youth often experience co-occurring psychiatric conditions. Checklist measures such as the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) can assist clinicians and researchers in assessing the symptom profiles of such conditions. Symptom profiles often overlap between autism and cooccurring psychiatric conditions (e.g., depression) in which the same symptoms occur in both. Previous research investigating the validity of the CBCL in autistic populations using factor structure has been mixed.

Method

Seven-hundred-and-fourteen autistic youth (293 females) aged 6–18 years (M = 11.25, SD = 3.29) participated. A confirmatory factor analysis of the 8-factor CBCL-6–18 was completed.

Results

Results suggest a poor model fit in autistic samples of the widely used eight-scale factor structure.

Conclusions

This model may not fit this sample due to the overlap of symptomatology autism has with other psychiatric condition profiles (e.g., communication and behaviors). Future research and implications, including an exploratory factor analysis on the CBCL/6–18 for autistic populations, are discussed.

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简要报告：对自闭症青少年大样本中的儿童行为检查表进行确认性因素分析

背景患有自闭症的青少年经常会同时患有精神疾病。儿童行为核对表（CBCL）等核对表测量方法可以帮助临床医生和研究人员评估这类疾病的症状特征。自闭症和并发精神疾病（如抑郁症）之间的症状特征通常会重叠，即两者都会出现相同的症状。以前利用因子结构调查 CBCL 在自闭症人群中有效性的研究结果不一。结论由于自闭症与其他精神疾病（如沟通和行为）的症状重叠，该模型可能不适合该样本。本文讨论了未来的研究和影响，包括针对自闭症人群对 CBCL/6-18 进行探索性因子分析。

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期刊介绍： Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (RASD) publishes high quality empirical articles and reviews that contribute to a better understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) at all levels of description; genetic, neurobiological, cognitive, and behavioral. The primary focus of the journal is to bridge the gap between basic research at these levels, and the practical questions and difficulties that are faced by individuals with ASD and their families, as well as carers, educators and clinicians. In addition, the journal encourages submissions on topics that remain under-researched in the field. We know shamefully little about the causes and consequences of the significant language and general intellectual impairments that characterize half of all individuals with ASD. We know even less about the challenges that women with ASD face and less still about the needs of individuals with ASD as they grow older. Medical and psychological co-morbidities and the complications they bring with them for the diagnosis and treatment of ASD represents another area of relatively little research. At RASD we are committed to promoting high-quality and rigorous research on all of these issues, and we look forward to receiving many excellent submissions.